Nutrition Care Representative (Diet Clerk) - Per Diem

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Acute Care, Communication Skills, Community and Social Services, Continuous Improvement, Customer Support/Service, Data Entry, Food Services, Hospital, Leadership, News Reporting, Nursing, Nutrition, Nutrition Therapy, Patient Care, Prescription Filling, QoS (Quality of Service), Quality Management, Team Player
LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! At Cedars-Sinai, were motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America's Best Hospitals-and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work - excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you'll have great resources to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Nutrition Care Representative (NCR) act as an ambassador and facilitator of patient food services on the patient care unit. Responsibilities include processing, validating, and interpreting physician diet prescriptions as conveyed by nursing personnel, collection and correction of patient menu selections in conformance with the physicians diet order, addressing and following up on concerns and issues related to patient satisfaction, and handling routine clerical, data entry, and nutrition care responsibilities on the unit. Collaborates with leadership staff to improve the quality of service and nutrition care service provided to patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Review and modify patient menus by adding, deleting or substituting food items in accordance with physicians and dietitians orders and restrictions.
  • Obtain menu selection at the patients bedside or over the phone assuring compliance to the physicians diet order and departmental guidelines for menu correction.
  • Explain menu modifications/substitutions to patients
  • Navigate patient to the menu system and services offered by the department.

Job Qualifications

High School Diploma/GED required. Associate Degree/College Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Nutrition preferred. At least one (1) year of customer service in an acute care hospital as a Diet Clerk/Aide preferred. Excellent customer service and communication skills. Computer proficiency is a requirement.

About the Company

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States, and it is the largest private academic medical center in the Western United States. The Cedars Sinai main campus, which encompasses nearly 24 acres, is located at the point where the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood meet. Cedars Sinai has been recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best hospitals in the U.S. The institution most recently placed No. 7 among a select group of 20 Honor Roll hospitals and ranked nationally in a dozen specialties. In addition, Cedars Sinai ranked No. 3 in California and No. 2 in the Los Angeles metro area.

Within Cedars Sinai, the Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
WEBSITE
http://www.cedars-sinai.org