Nutrition Assistant

Nutrition Assistant

Requirements

• Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate appropriately to the age of the patients being served (pediatric, adult, geriatric).
• Maintains accurate records as required by regulatory agencies and department policies.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical support to the team of acute care dietitians by conducting nutrition screening of inpatients.
• Follows up on nursing admission nutrition screening triggers.
• Collects nutrition related data from patient visit and reports pertinent clinical information back to the dietitians for further interventions as necessary.
• Provides basic diet education when appropriate.
• Assists with inpatient screening for nutritional risk and poor oral intake.
• Completes documentation of patient visits in the electronic medical record.
• Effectively interacts with patients, families and staff to manage menus and food preferences to meet patient needs and improve outcomes.
• Maintains an efficient and effective program of patient contact by assisting the Clinical Dietitian with initial visitation, meal rounds, snack/supplement rounds and obtaining food preferences.
• Assists with managing specialty menus for allergies, calorie restrictions, halal, kosher, and vegan.
• Communicates effectively with Clinical Dietitian, Nutrition Data Center and Food Service Supervisors to meet patient’s nutritional needs.
• Notifies Dietitian, Food Service Supervisor, Clinical Nutrition Manager or Patient Services Manager immediately when patient and nursing services complaints are received.
• Follows established guidelines and uses appropriate food service communication procedures for any necessary nutritional intervention.
• Participates in activities to improve/promote department.
• Performs assigned duties (i.e. in-services, quality assurance monitoring, projects) to enhance departmental quality and efficiency.
• May participate in the completion of test trays for department quality improvement monitoring and reporting.
• Under emergency situation may perform other duties as needed.
• May be required to cross train for the Feeding Technician position and assist with formula preparation as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.