Diet Clerk (Part Time) Baton Rouge Rehab Hospital

## Description **JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION:** Liaison between nursing units and the Nutritional Care Department regarding patient menus, Clinical Nutrition Service, diet changes and general nutritional care service. Develops menu tallies for food production, NPO patients, supplements, nourishments and nutritional care floor supplies; complete daily meal log. Performs duties for the age population served, as defined in the department’s scope of service. **PERFORMANCE CRITERIA** **CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values -** **Employee demonstrates commitment to exceptional care in the day-to-day performance of their job.** **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:** ? Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community. ? Maintains professional demeanor at all times. ? Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks. ? Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm. ? Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care. ? Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers. **CRITERIA B: Compliance -** **Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines.** **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS** ? Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department. ? Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records. ? Maintains professional relationships; communicates honestly and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts. **CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement** **- Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.** **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS** ? Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. ? Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high. ? Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness. ? Upholds the ethical standards of the organization. **CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement** **- Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.** **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS** ? Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations. ? Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes. ? Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes. ? Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives. CRITERIA E: Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ? Effectively manages time and resources ? Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial. ? Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes. **CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety** **- Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.** **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS** ? Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety. ? Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries. ? Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times. ? Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans. **JOB FUNCTIONS** ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to: 1. Functions as liaison between nursing units and Nutritional Care. **PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:** Receives food orders, by phone, computer or other means. ? Completes daily meal log accurately and within established timeframes. ? Works closely with nursing units to ensure patient orders are received and processed effectiv…