Diet Technician Job Description
Diet technician
provides industrial services using appropriate techniques including handwork or manual work in accordance with established methods and applicable regulations.
Diet Technician Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Must react accurately with changes to ensure efficient timing of services, accuracy of Doctor’s orders for modified diets, tube feedings
Examines diet orders plus menus received from hospital units & tallies portions foods of general soft diets
May calculate diabetic diets, using calculator, and also following standards established by Dietitian, Clinical profess
May answer telephone intercom calls relay information to kitchen concerning meal changes, complaints, or patient discharge
May prepare deliver formula special nourishments to unit pantries
Conduct timely patient visits, accurately assessing nutrition risk levels per department criteria
May provide nutrition education as required
Enters accurate diet orders, admissions, discharges and transfer of patients into diet office software system and communicates change to tray serving area
Conduct nutrition screenings
Provide nutritional and diet education to patients
Diet Technician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Diet Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ANSI, CDM
Education for Diet Technician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the diet technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Associates, Nutrition, Computer, Technology, Supervision, Education, Patient Care, Business, General Office, Legal
Skills for Diet Technician
Desired skills for diet technician include:
Age appropriate range of services
Therapies
Treatment
Safe food preparation and handling techniques and work cooperatively as a member of a team
Federal
Local
State
Food service regulations in MA
JCAHO and other applicable regulations
Long-term care regulations in MA
Desired experience for diet technician includes:
Provide food service quality monitoring and communication
Clinical Nutrition
Oversee and provide paraprofessional nutritional care to hospital patients
Must have their own computer (PC/laptop)
Recipe/menu management software experience an asset
Cooking and food knowledge an asset
Diet Technician Examples
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Diet Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of diet technician. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for diet technician
- Performs basic nutritional screening and nutritional care to patients under the supervision of a Clinical Dietitian according to patient’s age including neonate, child, adolescent, adult geriatric and terminally ill patients
- Performs menu editing as directed by the Clinical Dietitian
- Prepares patient trays accurately
- Assist in orienting and in servicing new employees to department
- Assist dieticians with patient diet screening
- Nutritional Service Technician certification, preferred
- Assists the clinical Dietitian in providing nutrition care services to patients according to department standards, expectations, patient specific needs, disease condition, impairment, and disability
- Performs a variety of technical duties for the department requiring a high degree of competence, initiative, and independence
- Analyze objective and clinical data to identify and evaluate nutrition status and needs
- Assist in training new dietetic technicians
Qualifications for diet technician
- 2 years of formal education or training beyond high school (Associates degree, certified dietary manager program, or dietary technician registration)
- 1 year previous Food and Nutrition Services experience preferred
- The ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of hospital experience
- Registered Diet Tech
- Bachelor's degree in Nutrition preferred
- Registered Diet Tech required
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Diet Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a diet technician. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for diet technician
- May conduct nutrition screening using a validated nutrition screening tool or other facility screening tools per policy
- Assists patients in completing menu selections in compliance with prescribed diet, as assigned by Dietitian
- This position will include mixing infant formulas, monitoring inventory, and stocking of products
- Assists residents in completing menu selections in compliance with prescribed diet, as assigned by Dietitian
- Performs Medical Nutrition Therapy to age appropriate patients in a quality and timely manner
- Exhibits professional behavior when interacting with coworkers, internal and external customers
- Maintains responsibility for licensure/registration as
- Participates in quality assurance and process improvement activities to document outcomes of services
- Completes Nutrition Screening and Assessment according to Nutrition Services Screening, Assessment
- Interacts with and assists Preferred Dining Host and Hostess Staff
Qualifications for diet technician
- Associate's Degree at an accredited university or college OR a Bachelor's Degree in dietetics, nutrition or related sciences from an accredited university or college
- Previous nutrition, clinical or related experience preferred
- Dietetic Technician Registration (DTR) from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or eligibility for registration, preferred
- May assist with tray service
- For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors, and fellow members of the hospital team
- Six months to one year of nutrition care experience in a hospital setting preferred
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Diet Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of diet technician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for diet technician
- Knowledge of long-term care regulations in applicable state
- Assists with modified menu planning based on current diet manual
- Assists patients in completing menu selections in compliance with prescribed diet and offers alternatives in accordance with food allergies or sensitivities, cultural, ethnic and religious preferences
- Provides basic nutrition education to patients and documents nutrition care provided to patients in the medical record
- Adheres to facility confidentiality, HIPAA regulations, and patient rights policies
- Completes all required documentation, reports and logs in a timely, professional and thorough manner
- Communicates effectively with all team members, patients and families through conferences, individual consultation and committee participation
- Orients and trains staff, as applicable
- Communicates patient care and food service issues back to the department
- Visits patients on assigned nursing unit(s) or area and helps ensure that every patient is visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay
Qualifications for diet technician
- Bachelor’s Degree in food and nutrition
- Bachelor�s degree in Nutrition or related science field is required
- Knowledge of nutrition analysis software is preferred
- Diet Technician Registered is preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or related science field required
- Credentialed as a Diet Technician, Registered (DTR) preferred
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Diet Technician Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of diet technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for diet technician
- Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the department/unit's ability to meet its goals and objectives
- Coordinates patient food service and meal delivery
- Assures Room service begins within 10 minutes of set standards
- Checks salads and desserts are ready for meal service
- Calls patients before meals for room service orders
- Sets up condiments & drinks before RS begins
- Makes sure all equipment are turned off and storage areas locked before end of shift
- Observes infection control practices at all times
- Provides service appropriate to condition and age of the patient, including pediatric, geriatric, and general population
- Ensures the appropriate staff sweep and mop kitchen before end of shift
Qualifications for diet technician
- Knowledge of nutrition analysis software is a plus, but will be trained using our internal software package
- Working knowledge of nutrition, and personal and/or professional understanding of basic culinary skills preferred
- Must complete Compass Webtrition training
- Associate degree in Dietetic Technology (following the Commission on Dietetic Registration curriculum) OR Bachelor degree in Nutrition or Dietetics required
- Minimum of one (1) year of healthcare experience preferred
- Previous Hospital experience in a diet office preferred
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Diet Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of diet technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for diet technician
- Knowledge of long-term care regulations in MA
- Reports unsatisfactory items or equipment to Supervisor or Director
- Records temperature of freezers & refrigerators daily
- Assists staff to make sure all tasks are completed before end of shift
- Pulls diet sheets from HBOC and enters diet changes in the Room Service program
- Adheres to dress code standards
- Maintains food regulatory requirements
- Attends at least 75% staff meetings
- Ensures confidentiality of patients’ records
- Completes annual physical exam prior to anniversary date
Qualifications for diet technician
- Minimum of 1 nutrition course required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field at an accredited institute
- Bachelors Degree and completion of a Didactic Program in Dietetics
- DTR – Dietetic Technician, Registered
- Mathematical capabilities essential to job duties, computer skills and ability to use software
- Demonstrates initiative performing responsibilities