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 patient’s progress and revision of intervention/plan of care.

•    Communicates with RDN about discussions with patient/family and observed changes in patient’s 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 department’s and/or unit’s 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.