Dietary Clerk

POSITION PURPOSE

• Responsible for obtaining meal orders for patients and carrying out diet orders, diet order changes, maintaining up to date diet, supplement and tube feeding orders; tallies menus and nourishment sheets. Maintain stock of oral supplements and enteral products.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED

• Basic Skill Set

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Entry Level

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• None

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Previous one to two (1-2) years of experience in a related field preferred.

• Ability to read, write, hear, speak and comprehend the English language.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Obtains and processes diet orders including calculation and implementation of normal and therapeutic diets.

• Tallies menus and processes nourishments.

• Utilizes proper phone etiquette to obtain patient orders.

• Performs various clerical duties.