Dietary clerk

Location :

Altru Hospital1200 S.Columbia Rd.Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range : $15.50 - $23.22

Summary :

Flexible scheduling : As needed and the hours could be 5am-1 : 30pm, 7am-3 : 30pm, 10 : 30am-7pm, 3 : 30-7pm, 4-7pm. Shifts include every third weekend and every third holiday.

The Dietary Clerk is responsible for accurately recording patient food selections in accordance with their diet order. The clerk demonstrates proficiency in managing room service phone orders, tracking food orders of patients who have not ordered by the designated time and notifying appropriate staff.

Essential Job Functions :

Places orders over computer and telephone for guests and patient meal orders. Responsible for handling money from guest tray orders.

Notifies Maintenance / Information Services when hardware or software problems arise.

• Reviews diet orders received via computer and takes action to assure completion of order. Distributes orders requiring dietitian / technician action appropriately.
• Sets up patients in AYR for tube feedings, snacks and nutrition supplements.
• Gives dysphagia tallies to Production staff according to schedule.
• Tracks food orders and performs call backs to patients who have not ordered by the designated time and notifies appropriate nursing and dietitian staff.
• Demonstrates proficiency in knowledge of therapeutic hospital diets for completing room service and non-select meal orders for patients.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department / organization.

Altru

Education :

Preferred : Associates - Related Field

Physical Demand s :

Sit : Frequently (34-66%)

Stand : Occasionally (5-33%)

Walk : Occasionally (5-33%)

Stoop / Bend : Occasionally (5-33%)

Reach : Frequently (34-66%)

Crawl : Not Applicable

Squat / Crouch / Kneel : Occasionally (5-33%)

Twist : Occasionally (5-33%)

Handle / Finger / Feel : Continuously (67-100%)

See : Continuously (67-100%)

Hear : Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands :

Lift -Floor to Waist Level : Sedentary (

Carry : Sedentary (

Push / Pull : Sedentary (

Slide / Transfer : Sedentary (

Working Conditions :

Indoor : Continuously (67-100%)

Outdoor : Not Applicable

Extreme Temperature : Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions :

• Professional Drivers : Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers : Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers

Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.

Infrequent Drivers : Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position :

Infrequent Driver

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Last updated : 2024-08-28

Salary : $16 - $23