1. Nutrition & Dietary Management: Collect and maintain patient dietary information, process physician diet orders, update diet records, and coordinate special diets and nutritional supplements.
2. Food Quality Assurance: Monitor food quality, portion sizes, temperatures, meal acceptance, and plate waste to ensure nutritional and food service standards are maintained.
3. Patient & Staff Coordination: Communicate residents' dietary requirements to dietitians, nursing staff, and food service teams; assist with meal distribution and special dietary needs.
4. Nutrition Education & Training: Assist dietitians with resident nutrition education and participate in training dietary staff on nutrition, proper food handling, and dietary procedures.
5. Documentation & Reporting: Maintain dietary records, daily census reports, meal counts, production sheets, and quality assurance documentation.
Requirements
- Graduate of an associate degree program in Dietetic Technology or Dietetics accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
- Must be eligible to work under the supervision of an Ohio Licensed Dietitian (LD) or Registered Dietitian (RD), in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 4759.10.
- 1–2 years of experience in healthcare nutrition or dietary services.
- Experience with special diets, nutritional supplements, and patient meal planning.
- Experience with dietary documentation and quality assurance activities.