Diet Tech

North Westchester Restorative Therapy and Nursing has anopportunity for a Diet Tech to join their team!

The Clinical Dietetic Technician provides food and nutritionservices to residents under the supervision of the Registered DietitianNutritionist (RDN).

Excellent benefits!

• HealthInsurance
• DentalInsurance
• VisionInsurance
• Paidtime off
• 401k

Primary Responsibilities

• Conductnutrition screenings.
• Participatein the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) as directed by the RegisteredDietitian Nutritionist (RDN), including nutrition assessment activities.
• Developand implement nutrition interventions and plans of care by:

Documenting medical, food, and nutrition-related data.

Providing individualized and group nutrition education.

Monitoring residents’ intake of meals, snacks, and medicalfoods.

Contributing to evaluation of resident progress andrecommending revisions to care plans when indicated.

• Participatein interdisciplinary care plan meetings and represent the RDN whenappropriate.
• Completeassigned Minimum Data Set (MDS) documentation and Resident AssessmentProtocol (RAP) summaries.
• Monitorthe quality and accuracy of food served to residents.
• Participatein Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) activities asassigned.
• Maintainprofessional competency and continuing development of skills required forpractice.
• Meetproductivity standards and demonstrate effective time management and taskprioritization.
• Usedepartment resources responsibly and efficiently.
• Answertelephones and communicate diet changes, meal changes, complaints, foodallergies, and patient discharges to kitchen staff and/or the Food ServiceDirector (FSD).
• Participatein food service tray-line production and ensure meal tray accuracy.
• Underthe supervision of the dietitian, assist with training and orienting newemployees to department procedures, tray-line operations, and diet officefunctions.
• Assistpatients/residents with completing special selective menus.
• Assistwith menu development and planning.

Requirements:

Licensed Diet Tech or bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Foodand Nutrition

Working knowledge of Diet tech, a plus

Job type: Full-Time including weekends
Salary: $28/hr

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