Call Center Associate Food & Nutrition Services

Call Center Associate Food & Nutrition Services Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well‑being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Summary: Maintains patient safety by ensuring correct menu item selection in compliance with physician‑prescribed dietary needs. Assists patients in ordering meals through the menu line via the telephone ordering system by selecting correct menu items according to the individualized needs of the patient. Maintains accurate patient database information by correctly inputting physician orders. Correctly assembles and distributes patient supplements and enteral nutrition products. Full time: 5:00 AM – 1:30 PM and every other weekend. Responsibilities Assists patients with menu selections ensuring compliance with physician‑prescribed restrictions, according to the individualized needs of the patient with full consideration of patient safety. Maintains patient database using Epic and Computrition by correctly imputing physician orders, patient allergy information, and patient special services such as appropriateness to order through the system. Answers the telephone, taking messages and relaying information as needed. This includes answering the patient menu line. Provides troubleshooting of patient meal problems, including referring patients in need of assistance to a registered dietitian. Maintains accurate reports such as patients not appropriate to order (NAPS), patients who have missed 2 meals, required meal counts, etc. Ensures correct menu item selection according to the individualized need of the patient. Conducts performance improvement monitoring, measuring, and tracking results using specified indicators. Properly prepares patient nourishment and enteral nutrition products according to HACCP guidelines. Stocks office supplies as needed and maintains organization of work area. Delivers meals, oral supplements and/or formula as needed to support the patient services operation. Other Information Education Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent. Licensure/Certification Requirements: None required. Professional Experience Requirements: Minimum of one month experience and/or training in a nutrition care setting or equivalent and basic computer knowledge and skills. Customer service experience preferred. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Language skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to patients, families and other employees. Mathematical skills: Ability to work with and apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Organization Unit: NFS Patient Services Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Salary Range: $18.12 – $25.51 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity. Work Assignment Type: Hybrid Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email View email address on click.appcast.io if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity. #J-18808-Ljbffr UNC Health Care