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Nutrition Technician @ University of Maryland Medical System

Largo, Maryland, United StatesOnsiteFull-time
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Job Requirements Shift - Day, Full-Time Work Schedule - Mon-Fri 11:00AM-7:30PM with rotating weekends / holidays

Principal Duties: Functions as the primary point of contact for nutrition services on the patient unit. Utilizes problem-solving and communications skills as well as knowledge of diet therapies to perform duties in an accurate and timely manner. Principal Duties:

• Distributing, assisting, collecting and correcting of patient menu selections. • Deliver patient trays to floors per unit using Meal Delivery Carts. • Assemble Meal Trays according to Patient Selections and Diet Guidelines. • Passing of meal trays and nourishments using two Patient identifiers and collecting of meal trays from all patients, including isolation patients • Fill patient requests and retrieve missing/needed items for delivery to patients in timely manner. • Assist in passing water to patients. • Record intake for patients on I &O’s and/or caloric counts. • Maintain the unit kitchens.

• Clean kitchen and refrigerators • Record refrigerator temperatures each day and adjust thermostats as necessary. • Rotating and replenishing bulk nourishments.

• Maintain updated diet lists, and status on all patients.

• Who, why, when status of eating • Admissions, transfers, discharges • Know where trays and nourishments are • Decrease number of extra trays • Process upcoming requisitions

• Deliver TF to nursing unit as ordered. • Record tray count on meal conversion sheets. • Ensure safe food handling.

Work Experience Qualifications

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• Required: NA. • Preferred: • Other: Education/Knowledge

• Attained Level: Entry level • Preferred: Completion of Sanitation and Food Handlers course • Completed Course Work/Program: Applicable Experience

• Experience (years): Required: 1 - 3 years Preferred: 3 - 5 years • Experience (describe required & preferred): One year of food preparation experience preferably in a large scale institutional dietary setting.

Benefits Compensation:

• Pay Range: $17.50-$28.48 • Other Compensation (if applicable):

Skills

food preparationpatient tray assemblymeal deliverydietary guidelines compliancefood safetykitchen sanitationtemperature monitoringpatient communicationinventory rotationmeal intake recording

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