Dietetic Technician, Registered

Job Duties & Essential Functions: 

• Accurately screens patients deemed to be at nutritional risk.
• Demonstrates knowledge of therapeutic diets and the ability to use the diet manual as a resource.
• Oversees the accuracy of therapeutic diets and recipes.
• Interviews newly admitted patients for beverage and cereal preferences and for allergies/tolerances. 
• Performs meal rounds and patient surveys as requested. 
• Maintains the patient cardex. 
• Tallies production and nourishment sheets accurately. 
• Accurately enters data in into the computer system. 
• Answers phones and relays messages to designated persons. 
• Accurately records meal count. 
• Monitors quality of menu items and accuracy of service on the tray line and records food temperatures, menu substitutions, overages and shortages. 
• Monitors employees to assure adherence of sanitation and infection control policies. 
• Monitors the receiving and storage of foods.  
• Observes use of small and large equipment to insure adherence to proper procedure. 
• Purchases food and non-food supplies as needed and maintains proper inventory levels. 
• Performs on-the-job training of new employees. 
• Effectively schedules employees and performs payroll, as necessary. 
• Answers phones and relays messages to designated persons. 
• Accurately records meal count and enters data into the computer. 
• Purchases food and non-food supplies as needed and maintains inventory levels. 
• Accurately records costs of supplies and non-patient meal count and enters into the computer. 
• Distributes menus, assistant patients needed to assure that food items are selected by them.
• Monitors quality of menu items and accuracy of service on tray line and records food temperatures, menu substitutions, overages and shortages.
• Cooperates with all personnel in the proper conduct of the department.
• Maintains ethical relationships.
• Adheres to hospital and departmental rules and regulations.
• Participate in in-service programs.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned by management.
• Direct reports include Dietary Aides and Cooks.
• Assists Director of Nutritional Services in conducting interviews, performance evaluations, counseling and ongoing coaching of line staff.