Nutrition Office Clerk-Part Time-Upmc Carlisle

Purpose:
Acts as a department liaison by processing phone requests appropriately. Ensures nutritional accuracy of food served to patients as per medical diet order.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in departmental process improvement activities relating to office procedures and patient care.
• Records daily patient census by diet category for department budget reports and meal production forecasting.
• Put tube feeding in the Kardex and make label for the next day,
• Tally specials and supplements.
• Collect Mail.
• Edit menus once returned to meet requirements of each patient’s diet restriction, patient’s preferences, and allergies.
• Update patient Kardex file and menus on all patients/residents throughout the day.
• Keep a running inventory of patient menus and maintains adequate supply for daily operations.
• Provides brief explanation of prescribed diet and/or purpose of meal patterns as needed those inquiring about diet.
• Assists patients with making acceptable menu selections with their meal pattern.
• Put together patient menu that are going to dialysis and notify starter.
• Community life sheet tally for diets.
• Pull appropriate menu based on the diet order in the Kardex, edit for patient’s preferences and allergies, then sticker menu with the patient’s name, room number and diet.
• Put HS snacks for all new diabetics.
• Lock up department.
• Answer the phone appropriately (identifying yourself/department).
• Record late trays (time, patient’s name, diet and request).
• Transcribes prescribed meal pattern on menus for renal/renal carbohydrates, fluid restriction and diabetic diets.
• Daily HS snack audit diabetic patients and put together nourishment bags.
• Collect missing menus via phone and/or in person.

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• 6 months experience in a hospital Dietary office and/or knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with staff.
• Computer skills required.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Clearances must be dated within 90 days.

• Act 34 with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran