Nutritional Clerk – Per Diem

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. As Long Island’s only independent community hospital, we are 100% committed to becoming the community’s healthcare provider of choice with our greatly enhanced services including the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, our highly-advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our unique ER approach, and our high-touch services including women’s imaging, sleep laboratory and orthopedics and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk staff – Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort. For more information, go to NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk, and interact with us on  LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nutritional Clerk – Per Diem – Food&Nutrition-Patient Food Sv – Per Diem – 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Variab.

In this role, the successful candidate A nutritional clerk is responsible for covering shifts in the diet office and storeroom as needed and must be able to work independently. He/she must possess knowledge of general nutrition and the food service operation and be able to relay this information to patients, visitors, hospital staff, and vendors in a helpful and courteous manner. The clerk also: maintains patient cardexes; prints reports and menus/tray tickets; collects patient selections via phone and in-person visits; modifies patient menus/tray tickets; processes electronic diet orders; puts away deliveries following FIFO and DOH standards; and records daily inventory of food and supplies for the next days order.

Job Responsibilities:

1.    Maintain Patient Menu System.
Performance Expectations:
•    Process Physician diet order and other pertinent computer information. 
•    Print out tray tickets and present in a neat manner.
•    Record patient preferences in CBord cardex.

2.    Compile all necessary reports – census, menu counts and specials
Performance Expectations:
•    Prints tally reports and accurately records special orders for production within the established time.
•    Ensure census reports are available for downtime procedures.
•    Keep production staff up to day on changes anticipated.
•    Records census and tray count information.
•    Print labels when needed.
 

3.    Maintains diet office communication.
Performance Expectations:
•    Answers phone in a courteously and respectfully
•    Brings out courtesy trays in a timely manner
•    Takes other phone calls and relays information, answers questions about diets and menu items, refers to dietitian as needed.
•    Calls patients for menu selections.
 

4.    Takes patient menu selections
Performance Expectations:
•    Visits patients with IPad, and distributes and collects menus within established timeframe.
•    Assists patients with selections and provides alternatives and substitutions as needed.
•    Distributes alternative menu brochure to newly admitted patients.
 

•    Receives deliveries as needed. 
Performance Expectations: 
•    Checks products against purchase orders.  ( i.e. Miss picks are noted, discrepancies are found.)
•    Work is performed in a timely manner- inventories completed when needed for ordering, all items are put away during shift.
•    Accurate inventory- counts are correct, inventory completed in a timely fashion.
•    Refrigerated and frozen items stored promptly- maintaining HACCP standards.
•    Refuse removed and storeroom clean and free of extraneous material throughout the day.
•    Inventory rotated using First in First out (FIFO) method.
•    Informs Manager or Director of missing items or damaged goods. 
 

5.    Inventories all products as needed.
Performance Expectations:
•    Accurate inventory.
•    Notification of shortages.
•    Products dated and labeled.
 

•    Performs other activities within the department as directed.
Performance Expectations:
•    Cooperative and sensitive to operational needs–pulls or provides assistance in securing supplies- inquiries if supplies are needed and supports personnel in their production assignments.
•    Checks tray line when directed by supervisor
•    Prepares sandwiches and delivers items to patients when needed.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High School diploma or equivalent
Language skills for patient counseling and education, telephone orders, and professional conferencing.
Computer skills
Able to lift 50 pounds at one time and stand for 70-80% of workday
Maintain adequate records in compliance with DOH and DNV standards
Able to read and check in weekly orders according to invoice requisitions.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $16.05 – $24.22 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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