Dietitian Assistant - Saint Anthony Hospital
Chicago, IL 60601
About the Job
Dietitian Assistant – Dietary Department
Rotating Shift, Full time FTE
Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric organization your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care.
As part of Saint Anthony Hospital’s commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at focalpointchicago.org.
Position Purpose:
- To provide operational services for the safe and proper administration of the appropriate diet to all patients.
Essential Functions:
- Processes diet changes, discharges, and room transfer.
- Picks up menus from patients. Assists patients in marking their menus taking into consideration their food preference, age, and religious background.
- Processes, marks, and modifies patients' menus in accordance with patients' diet.
- Checks tray line, observing food quality, temperature, portion size, and adherence to menu.
- Writes out charges for enteral supplements and submits these to Pharmacy.
- Provides staff education for Dietary personnel.
- Maintains department records, reports, and files as requested.
General Job requirements:
- Ability to speak and write English
- Familiarity with medical terminology related to nutrition
- Sanitation certification preferred
- Knowledge of modified diets
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Saint Anthony Hospital Highlights:
- Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago.
- Saint Anthony Hospital has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
- Saint Anthony Hospital offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits program for employees and their families.
- Saint Anthony Hospital employs and teaches some of the city’s brightest, most innovative resident physicians and medical students.
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