Dietetic Technician, Dietary Management

Job Title: Dietetic Technician

Location: Saint Barnabas Behavioral

Department Name: Dietary Management

Req #: 0000207289

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $17.79 - $20.70 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

The Dietetic Technician performs diversified duties in the diet office; e.g. maintains diet records, tallies food requirements and other similar tasks. The Dietetic Technician will demonstrate Barnabas Health's philosophy of Total Quality Management by actively applying that philosophy in all dealings with both internal and external customers.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of normal and therapeutic nutrition

Preferred:

• Graduate of Dietetic Assistant/Technician Program
• One (1) year food service experience

Scheduling Requirements:

• Per Diem

Essential Functions:

• Answers telephone taking message and relaying information as necessary
• Assists in overseeing serving tray line and observes patients choice against diet roster, ensures prescribed diet followed and tray accuracy
• Assists patients with menus, making all efforts necessary to see that patient receives his/her choice
• Communicates identified concerns effectively with Assistant Director and/or designee
• Corrects modified menus at patient bedside and with patient concurrence whenever possible
• Delivers food carts to the units and monitors accuracy of tray distribution
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate patient needs to supervisor and clinical dietitian as needed
• Demonstrates the ability to monitor therapeutic diet accuracy in dining rooms and ensures quality assurance and improvements as needed
• Documents all pertinent information (i.e. allergies, preferences & processes, snacks and supplements) in the patient s diet file in TDS as needed
• Inspects patient trays on the trayline for accuracy making sure tray correlates with the menu
• Inventories and orders nutrition supplements
• Assures adequate pantry needs on the units
• Monitors the effects of dietary service through meal rounds
• Prepares production reports and generates to appropriate area
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.