Process diet orders and receive orders via communication with patients or health care professionals. Verify that orders comply with diet prescription. Identify needs such as therapeutic, cultural preferences, and food allergies and note those needs with special tray ticket indicator. Conduct patient care rounds to obtain patient meal preferences. Patient assistance is given for menu preparation. Calculate and complete production sheets for Hot and Cold food items and special items. Maintain records for manager.

High School diploma or equivalent required.  Work requires a high school level of educational development and no previous related experience plus three to six months of on-the-job training and orientation.  Work requires the analytical ability to resolve problems that require the use of basic scientific knowledge, mathematical, or technical principles.  Work requires understanding of automated diet office system data entry and internal adjustment.  Work requires analysis of information (data) from Hospital ADT system (SMS- Invision). Work requires computer skills. WORKING CONDITIONS:     Works in a normal patient care area or office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise and the like.    

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Lifting objects weighing up to 11 to 20 pounds   Standing for more than two hours at a time   Stooping or bending   Manual dexterity, reach and grasp objects   Ability to hear and communicate orally   Pushing or pulling supply carts   Proofreading and checking documents for accuracy   Using a keyboard to enter and transcribe words or data