Diet Tech
HILLSBORO
Hillsboro, OH
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JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Part-time
SKILLS
Communication Skills, Consulting, Control Systems, Cook Dishes, Depth Perception, Dialysis, Dietary Management, Dietetics, Federal Laws and Regulations, Food Presentation, Food Services, Health Plan, Healthcare, Hemodialysis, Mathematics, Needs Assessment, Nursing, Nutrition Therapy, Nutritional Needs, Order Delivery, People Management, Portion Control, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Public Health, Quality Metrics, Regulatory Compliance, Risk, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Standup Meetings, State Laws and Regulations, Weight Management
LOCATION
Hillsboro, OH
POSTED
30+ days ago
Complete nutritional initial, quarterly, annual and significant change reviews on residents according to federal and state
guidelines. Assist in coordination of nutrition care services with Dietary Supervisor. Complete nutritional reviews monthly
on high risk residents (significant weight loss/gain, pressure ulcer, hemodialysis, and tube fed).
Essential Duties
• Ability to meet all health, compliance, and competency requirements.
• Attends and participates in morning meetings/stand up to facilitate communications with the team.
• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans in order to develop and implement dietary care
plans and provides nutritional counseling as needed.
• Monitor food services operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards, as
well as state and federal regulations.
• Monitor food control systems such as food temperatures, portion control, preparation methods, garnishment and
presentation of food in order to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
• Inspect diet trays for conformance to physician's diet orders prior to delivery.
• Consult with physicians and other health care personnel (Dialysis Dietitians, Nurse Practitioners, etc.) to
determine diet restrictions and nutritional needs of residents.
• Ability to relate positively, effectively, and appropriately with patients/residents, families, staff and professional
colleagues.
Supervisory Requirements
Assists with the overall supervision and management of the dietary staff.
Qualification
Education and/or Experience Registered Dietitian or completion of approved Bachelor Degree with major
studies in Food and Nutrition and eligible for the RD Exam.
Preferable one-year experience in a clinical health care setting or completion
of an accredited internship.
Language Skills Ability to read technical procedures. Ability to read and comprehend policy
and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond
to questions from managers and employees.
Mathematical Skills Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions
to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems. Ability to interpret a variety of
instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Registered Dietitian with Commission of Dietetic Registration or eligible.
Licensed Dietitian in your local state.
Must maintain all required continuing education/licensing.
Must remain in good standing with the Department of Public Health License
and Certification Division at all times.
Physical Demands
The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities:
Standing and /or walking very frequently. Sitting occasionally. Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very
frequently. Talking and /or hearing very frequently. Tasting and /or smelling very frequently. Lifting up to 50 pounds
frequently. Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling occasionally. Close, distance, color, peripheral, and
depth perception in vision: ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Additional Information
Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at
any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time
due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature
and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties,
and skills required of employees in this position.
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