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Johnson Memorial Hospital a member of Trinity Health Of New England is looking for a Nutrition Aide to join our mission driven Nutrition and Food Service team. This position will assists in providing appropriate nutrition to those patients taking oral nutrition by collecting, correcting and entering menus. Makes appropriate changes throughout the day as communicated by the electronic medical record system for admissions, room changes, diet changes and discharges. Participates in preparation of patient’s trays on tray line .

Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:

• Flexible Schedule
• Competitive pay
• Mission Drive Team Environment

Work Hours/Shift:

• Part-Time

You Will Be Responsible For :

• Collect menus for all patients receiving oral nutrition, assisting those that are not able to complete menu selection themselves .
• Correct all menus to ensure each patient receives nutrition compliant with the physician’s or registered dietitian’s order as indicated in the electronic medical record .
• Enter menus and produces production sheets for the dietary department.
• Checks tray lines for accuracy and attractive appearance before trays are sent to patients.
• Maintains updated information and makes changes to patients’ menus and production sheets throughout the day as they are communicated through the electronic medical record system. This includes but not limited to patient information that pertains to their nutrition, such as food allergies, mastication issues, likes and dislikes and dexterity issues.
• Processes all orders for tube fed patients and sends the appropriate type of feeding and amount as ordered by physician.

Requirements:

• Work requires a high school level of educational development.
• Previous related experience is preferred.
• Work requires the analytical ability to gather and interpret data in situations where the information or problems are not overly difficult or complex.
• Work requires the ability to exchange information on factual matters, patients and greet visitors, explain Hospital policies, and/or relay messages to appropriate personnel. This type of interaction requires courtesy and tact when dealing with patients, visitors and/or Hospital colleagues.
• Work requires ability to work with windows based dietary software

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.

Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

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Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.