Diet Technician

JOB PURPOSE:

Assists the Clinical Dietetic Staff in patient nutritional care by screening patients for nutritional risk, modifying therapeutic menus according to guidelines, and monitoring of patients for basic nutritional care and diet adherence.

Assists the Room Service staff in technical monitoring of the food service programs to ensure that nutritional standards of quality and therapeutic diet guidelines are adhered to.

SCHEDULES:

With variations due to hospital site and department, this position may require census driven scheduling flexibility (additional/fewer shifts), holiday coverage, floating, being placed on call, weekend coverage, and shift rotations.

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently:

LEVEL OF EDUCATION:

Minimum: Bachelor's Degree in subject that allows candidate to sit for Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR) exam.

Examples: Nutrition or Health.

Must be able to obtain approval from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to sit for the DTR exam.

Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Minimum: Acquisition of Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR) credential within 6 months of hire.

Current California Food Handlers Card or ServSafe Certificate.

Preferred: Current Registered Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR)

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum: Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred: Experience with Nutrition related Software
Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system.

Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.

Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first.

We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

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