DEPARTMENT: FOOD SERVICES
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: OPSEU – CLERICAL
STATUS: FULL-TIME
WAGE RATE: $26.005 – $28.922
Reporting to the Manager of Support Services, the Diet Technician is responsible for processing diet order changes, preparing tally sheets, printing meal/nourishment tickets as well as taking patient meal orders via telephone for patient meal service. The Diet Technician may assist with the updating of patient food item/purchasing/inventory information to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the Computrition software system.
The Diet Technician assists in developing and maintaining up to date information on the nutritional analysis of the patient menu in consultation with the Registered Dietitians. The Diet Technician is available to provide assistance with menu and product knowledge to Food Services Workers and Lead Hands at all Brightshores Hospital sites.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Successful completion of a 2 year Nutrition and Food Service Management Diploma and/or 2 year Dietetic Technician Diploma and/or equivalent education in Nutrition
- Available to work all shifts
- Excellent problem solving, decision making and organizational skills
- Ability to utilize Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Recent satisfactory performance and attendance record
- Adherence to Brightshores ‘CARE’ Behaviours (Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence) and ‘LEAD’ Competencies (Lead by example, Empower, Achieve results, Develop others) and a commitment to a safe workplace free of violence and harassment
- Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
Preferred
- Recent experience working as a Diet Technician
- Experience with Computrition Software
- Member of the Canadian Society of Nutrition Management (CSNM)