What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nutrition Tech position at UPMC?
UPMC Hamot is hiring a Nutrition Tech to join our team!
This position is part-time, hours vary between 1st and 2nd shift.
Title and Salary will be determined based upon education and experience.
Purpose: The Nutrition Tech is responsible for operating the call center where patients call down to place their meal orders, and/or taking meal orders at the bedside. Utilizing a computerized menu system, the Nutrition Tech guides the patient through the menu-ordering process, within the constraints of their therapeutic diet order and safety considerations.
Responsibilities:
- Strictly ensures safety precautions and enters Special Service instructions into patient records (e.g., Safety Trays, Aspiration Precautions, Nissen considerations, Missed Meals).
- Confidentially uses the electronic health record to verify diet orders, enteral feedings, and food allergies.
- Assists with inpatient meal trayline or meal delivery as needed.
- Performs duties in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Demonstrates the ability to obtain and interpret information based on age-specific needs.
- Ensures accurate implementation of diet prescriptions.
- Demonstrates exceptional customer service in all interactions.
- Completes all clerical activities and processes orders appropriately.
- Completes assigned patient-related activities.
- Participates in meal tray and nourishment delivery.
- Supports positive working relationships and participates in performance improvement activities.
- Demonstrates commitment to service excellence by meeting the needs of patients, families, physicians, and coworkers with accuracy, timeliness, coordination, and thoroughness.
- Operates the Computrition Hospitality Suite computerized menu program.
- Guides inpatients with care and compassion through meal and snack ordering within prescribed therapeutic diet restrictions.
- Coordinates and communicates diet-related care with patients, nursing, registered dietitians, trayline workers, tray passers, and cooks.
- Handles diet office phone calls and communicates issues to appropriate departments.
- Accurately inputs nutritional supplements per physician, RN, and RDN orders.
- Accurately executes enteral tube feeding orders.
- Communicates out-of-stock items to patients as needed.
- Maintains and prints 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and HS snacks/nourishments.
- Communicates TPN consults and other nutrition-related issues to registered dietitians.
- Troubleshoots diet order and trayline conflicts.
- Inputs and processes special diet considerations such as gastric bypass diets, calorie counts, and safety-related modifications.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000