The job below is no longer available.

You might also like

in Bowling Green, KY

  • $15
    Verified per hour
    Luttrell Staffing Group 7d ago
    Urgently hiring19.9 mi Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
  • Arby's 1h ago
    Urgently hiring Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
  • Arby's 1h ago
    Urgently hiring Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
  • $11
    est. per hour
    Buffalo Wild Wings 1h ago
    Urgently hiring8.3 mi Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
  • $14
    est. per hour
    Buffalo Wild Wings 1h ago
    Urgently hiring8.3 mi Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
Use left and right arrow keys to navigate
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Bowling Green, Kentucky

About this job

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital -- Bowling Green, KY

Nutrition Assistant

TriStar Greenview is a 211-bed, medical-surgical facility that has served south central Kentucky for more than 40 years. TriStar Greenview provides an extensive range of diagnostic, therapeutic, emergency and surgical services. Accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, TriStar Greenview has a medical staff of more than 300 physicians. TriStar Greenview has proven to be a health care leader in the region

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital is currently looking for a Nutrition Assistant

The Nutrition Assistant coordinates and ensures accuracy of patient diet orders as received by the department, the individual patient menus, the between meal snacks, and all Computrition information and reports. The Nutrition Assistant handles all special requests / orders from patients and physicians. The Nutrition Assistant is responsible for the smooth operation of the tray line. The Nutrition Assistant may assist the clinical dietitian and/or the director with clinical nutrition needs as well as quality assurance data gathering and reporting. The Nutrition Assistant will be familiar with the mission, vision, and value statements of this facility.

The tasks and responsibilities include:

Maintains accurate diet orders/patient information in Computrition.

Ensures that all meal tickets are correct when tray line starts.

Ensures that patient menus and special requests are tallied for production.

Communicates with cooks/cold foods personnel regarding production needs for the tray line.

Checks each tray on patient line, ensuring that there are no mistakes in diet. Makes sure entire tray is presentable.

Checks for spills and proper placement of items on tray.

Follows safety and sanitization procedures as directed by department.

Helps maintain tray line cleanliness and organization.

Accommodates patient request and nutrition needs.

Counts and marks all snack items for diabetics and special need patients.

Assembles snacks.

Stocks condiment items utilized on the trayline.

Provides basic nutrition education to inpatients and outpatients as appropriate/requested.

Develops new instruction materials according to recent research and ADA standards, as indicated

Completes calorie counts. Calculates calorie/protein intake and documents as appropriate.

Communicates ideas for improvement to management.

Assist with organizing, planning, and presenting clinical in-services to FNS employees, students, and other healthcare professionals, as requested.

Completes quality assurance reports as assigned.

Documents equipment temperatures as assigned.

Completes documentation and record keeping as assigned by the dietitian.

Files and documents information as indicated.

Assists in dish room.

Assist patients with food preferences and enters into Computrition.

Enters changes for nutritional supplements into Computrition.

Prints and distributes all paperwork at appropriate times.

Orients and mentors staff

Must have computer skills.

Must have knowledge of nutrition and diet therapy.

Must be able to read menus and determine diet appropriateness.

Ability to perform work that requires prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking; frequently moves supplies and equipment requiring moderate physical effort to lift/carry/push/pull up to 30 lbs.