Nutrition Clerk
Part-timePoughkeepsie, NYPart-time$21.95/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Nutrition Clerk assists patients with menu selections and maintains accurate menus in the DFM system. The role checks patient trays against tickets, accounts for allergies, and communicates relevant nutritional information to registered dietitians. It also supports patient units with food-service requests and helps ensure patients receive meals consistent with their ordered diets and preferences.
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Nutrition Clerk
Company: MidHudson Regional Hospital
City/State: Poughkeepsie, NY
Category: Service/Trades
Department: Food Services
Union: Yes
Union Name: 1199
Position: Part Time
Hours: 6:45AM - 2:45PM, requiring weekends.
Shift: Day, Weekend
Req #: 50711
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2026
Hiring Range: $21.9482/hr
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External Applicant link (https://pm.healthcaresource.com/cs/wmc1/#/preApply/34781) Internal Applicant link
*If you are hired by WMCHealth, your final base salary will be determined based on job-related factors, including employment status (full-time, part-time or per diem), relevant skills, qualifications and experience. Consistent with our commitment to pay equity, we also consider internal equity among similarly situated employees when determining final compensation.
Job Details:
Job Summary Works with and assists patients with their menu selections for the day and following day. Population served: The Nutrition Associate works with patients from all age groups and those who have varied medical problems. Responsibilities
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Makes adjustments to patient menus in DFM system, prints and reviews patient menu tickets prior to each meal to ensure accuracy of menu selections and adherence to diet prescriptions. Makes additional changes on tickets based upon the interviews conducted that day and previous days accounting for patient preferences. Adjusts, adds or removes tickets during tray line operation saving the hospital food and labor.
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Enters patient menu selections into the DFM system. (Patient menu tally).
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Communicates daily to registered dietitians & pertinent information regarding the nutritional status of patients requiring attention. ( ex. Poor appetite, food preferences)
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Checks patient tray line for accuracy of patient trays by assuring that correct items are placed neatly on patient trays according to tray tickets. Accounts for and adjusts for patient allergies. Rejects any menu items not meeting quality, temperature or appearance standards.
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Does daily rounds at patient bedside to offer menu selections to the patient population and obtains patient selections. Immediately calls and handles patient issues on the spot using positive reinforcement and satisfies the patients’ needs.
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Responsible for keeping DFM diet office system continuously updated, i.e., assuring patients get original diet as ordered upon returning from testing. Notifies patient if there are diet changes that effect their previous meal requests.
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Makes necessary modifications to diets in the DFM system. Makes suggestions for menu changes as appropriate for patient diet based upon experience with patients.
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Takes phone calls from patient units. Gives information to kitchen supervision for late tray assembly and other food service requirements for patient units.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
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Serves as brand ambassador by upholding the WMCHealth Mission, Vision, and CARE values and promoting excellence in the patient experience, during every encounter.
Qualifications/Requirements EXPERIENCE Two years in Institutional food Service Setting preferred. EDUCATION High School Diploma or GED preferred
About Us:
MidHudson Regional Hospital
MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY, is home to the mid-Hudson Valley’s most advanced healthcare services. This 243-bed facility cares for more than 10,000 inpatients annually while performing an additional 325,000 outpatient procedures each year. MidHudson Regional Hospital operates the area’s only Level II trauma center, is home to the Redl Center for Cancer Care and Center for Robotic Surgery, and is a destination hospital for patients with serious illnesses and injuries.
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External Applicant link (https://pm.healthcaresource.com/cs/wmc1/#/preApply/34781) Internal Applicant link
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,799 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.95/hr
- New York median$18–22/hr145 hourly ranges
- US median$17–19/hr1,245 hourly ranges
This rate, $21.95/hr, is 11% above the New York median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the top quarter of Food Service hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 168 open Food Service jobs in New York and 2,799 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (405 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 2,799 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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