Culinary Diet Technician

Job Description:
The Culinary Diet Tech provides nutrition services to patients under. This position interacts with clinical caregivers, patients, and patient's family members to explain the meal process.
Posting Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: Yes, for positions 20 hrs/wk or more. (Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance, 401(K), education assistance, + many more) No Benefits for positions 19 hrs/wk or less.
• Shift Details: Variable Shifts on Days, Afternoons, Evenings and will include rotating weekends and assigned holidays.
• Department: Culinary Services
• Additional Details:Both Full-time and Part-time positions currently available at St. George Regional in St. George, UT. Also PRN/Variable Hour positions

Job Essentials
2 different areas needed:
1- EXPEDITOR

• Ensuring communication in the kitchen by calling out orders, getting the status on dishes, and calling room service staff to deliver trays.
• Informing the room service staff when certain dishes or ingredients have run out and passing food requests from the call center to room service.
• Ensuring that all orders are completed in time and with the correct priority.
• Keeping the storage and prep areas clean, neat, and well-stocked.
• Ensuring all staff adheres to health and safety standards.
• Handling complaints and looking for solutions.
• Ensures the efficient flow of orders.
• Ensure orders are being prepared with the correct priority.
• Assist in the final preparation of dishes.
• Check dishes before delivery for accuracy and presentation.
• Inspect the premises according to quality and sanitation standards and assist in cleaning.
• Transfer important information between the kitchen and the room service staff.
• Food prep as needed.
• Support other tasks as needed.

Expeditor Shifts

• 8hr shifts (5:00 am - 1:30 pm, 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

2- CULINARY DIET TECH

• Assists in meal selection for patients as established by standard guidelines
• Records and modifies patient meal orders based on physician diet orders and Intermountain Modified Diet Guideline
• Works with the clinical team to provide excellent patient care
• Uses technology and meal ordering platform to facilitate the nutrition care process and needed departmental reports
• Communicates patient needs to room service assembly area
• Performs functions of room service call center and Bedside Connect
• Provides exceptional customer service in all customer and patient interactions
• May complete calorie count and nutrition analysis as dictated by facility
• Check and verify that patients receive appropriate meal selections on the room service line
• Delivers patient trays according to department policy to provide safe and efficient meal service
• Other duties as assigned

Culinary Diet Tech Shifts

• 12hr shifts (7:00 am - 8:00 pm)

Minimum Qualifications

• Food handler's permit (as required by facility. Remote workers may be exempt from this requirement).
• Demonstrated good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills and keyboarding proficiency.
• Demonstrated math skills.
• Demonstrated ability to transcribe information quickly and accurately.

Preferred Qualifications

• Food service or healthcare experience.
• Coursework in Nutrition

Physical Requirements:
Physical Requirements

• Interact with patients and co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
• Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
• Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
• Climb, squat, kneel, and lift to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator.

Anticipated job posting close date:
Location:
St George Regional Hospital
Work City:
St George
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$17.26 - $22.43
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