What are the responsibilities and job description for the Diet Technician position at AC Employment?
Essential Functions
• Resident Care: Provides limited diet counseling to residents and their families as directed by the
therapeutic dietitian.
• May assist therapeutic dietitian in interviewing residents to obtain food preferences, intolerance,
allergies, and nutritionally related problems.
• Visits residents during meal service to observe intake and satisfaction with meals. Reports any
findings regarding resident poor food intake to dietitian.
• Adjusts daily schedule when changes occur.
• Assists the clinical dietitian y questioning suspected errors on resident census sheet on
requisitions.
• Informs the dietitian of resident who need special attention.
• Acts as a liaison between nursing and dietary for communication and production purposes
regarding diet instructions , testing procedures, special feeder residents, etc.
• Clerical: Performs routine office duties as it relates to therapeutic services.
• Informs Maintenance Department of equipment repairs. Notifies food service of same.
• Informs Maintenance Department of equipment repairs. Notifies Food service of same.
• Updates resident census daily including new admissions, discharge, and diet changes according to
floor census sheet.
• Answers telephone and attends to messages accordingly.