Nutrition Technician

The Diet Technician provides food and nutrition services to patients under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Primary responsibilities include nutrition screening and participation in the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) as determined by the RDN documenting medical food and nutrition-related data providing individualized or group nutrition education and monitoring food intake to contribute to evaluating of the patients progress and revision of intervention/plan of care.

Communicates with RDN about discussions with patient/family and observed changes in patients status that may influence the nutrition intervention/plan of care.
Provides nutrition education per plan of care to help patient voluntarily manage or modify food choices and eating behavior to maintain or improve health.
Evaluates food and intake from all sources.
Monitors progress through checking patient/family understanding of learned skills and follow through with plan.
Communicates with RDN regarding monitoring and evaluation activities and with the RDN modifies the plan of care as needed.
Works cooperatively with patient food service staff to ensure conformance with diet order patient preferences and other applicable components of the nutrition prescription.
Participates in departments and/or units quality assurance and performance improvement activities.
Provides in-services for department staff as assigned

• Experience: 1 year of experience as a dietetic technician in an acute hospital or long-term care facility or as a diet clerk preferred
• Education: Some college level nutrition courses in nutrition dietetics food service systems or related area.
• Skills and abilities: effective communication customer service interpersonal planning and organization active listening attention to detail technology and software.