Nutrition Care Rep

Building Name: UVMMC - Medical Center - Main Campus Location Address: 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington Vermont Regular Department: NCR Office Per Diem (position has no committed hours and is not benefit eligible) Standard Hours: 0 Biweekly Scheduled Hours: Shift: Day/Eve Primary Shift: - Weekend Needs: As Scheduled Salary Range: Min $21.84 Mid $26.82 Max $31.79 Recruiter: Kate Davies JOB DESCRIPTION: The Nutrition Care Representative (NCR) is a “point person” for food service issues affecting patients, other nutrition services staff and nursing service staff. The NCR is responsible for assisting patients with menu selection, and ensuring that patients receive meals and nourishments in accordance with diet prescriptions and individual preferences. Duties include screening patients for nutritional risk, taking patient food orders over the phone and entering them into MICROS, updating patient information in GemServe as required, correcting menu choices under supervision and alerting the supervisor and clinical nutrition staff to any patient issues. Other duties may include serving patient trays and nourishments. EDUCATION: High School Graduate or GED EXPERIENCE: Minimum of one year experience in food service or patient care. College course work in clinical nutrition or nutrition therapy may be substituted for work experience. This is a bargaining union position. The University of Vermont Medical Center is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region. The University of Vermont Medical Center will continue to ensure that individuals are employed, and that employees are treated during candidacy and employment, without regard to their sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices as follows: Employment decisions at The University of Vermont Medical Center are based on legitimate job-related criteria. All personnel actions or programs that affect qualified individuals, such as employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising, termination, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, are made without discrimination based upon the individual’s sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law. UVMHealth.org/MedCenter The UVM Medical Center Blog EEO is the law.