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Nutritional Services
Under the supervision of the Clinical Nutrition Manager, the Dietetic Technician performs specialized paraprofessional clinical duties within the hospital nutrition program. Essential functions of the role include assisting the dietitian team with clinical nutrition care for patients and their families; conducting patient screenings and collecting basic nutrition-related data to identify preliminary nutritional risk levels and support appropriate triage of nutrition information; assisting dietitians with nutrition education and counseling; collecting pertinent clinical data from patient medical records; implementing patient food and nutrition preferences; retrieving and assessing nutritional information from hospital computer systems; documenting and calculating nutrient intake for calorie counts; and performing CBORD administrative tasks as the CBORD administrator for the department.
Education: Associate degree required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Must currently be a Registered Dietetic Technician, in good standing and credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. ServSafe certification through an accredited American National Standards Institute program required. New hires/transfers have 30 days to obtain.
Experience: One year of clinical Registered Dietetic Technician experience preferred. Spanish-speaking ability preferred.
The hourly rate for this position is $36.59 - $45.74. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for this position.
Job Specifications:
● Union: Non-Affiliated● Work Shift: Day Shift● FTE: 1.0● Scheduled Hours: 40
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
Salinas Valley Health exists to help our community rise through good health. Founded in 1953 as Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, today we serve individuals and families throughout the Salinas Valley, the Monterey Peninsula and the surrounding region. Each year, our highly trained team of healthcare professionals takes our renowned quality of patient care to the next level. Our team actively utilizes the latest medical techniques with our state-of-the-art technology to improve individual and community health and well-being.
Our 263-bed acute care medical center employs more than 2,400 staff. In 2021, we achieved ANCC Magnet Recognition®, the highest and most prestigious distinction that a healthcare organization can achieve for nursing excellence. Earning this Magnet® designation reaffirms our steadfast commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient care. Our focus on Cancer Care, Cardiac Care, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Stroke Center is led by 322 board-certified physicians across a broad spectrum of specialties, all dedicated to your care.
To enhance and expand the reach of our care, we strategically partner with larger research and metro hospitals such as Stanford. In addition, we are part of a network of urgent care and surgery centers, the only Perinatal Diagnostic Center in the region and an Emergency Department that provides care to more than 6,300 patients every year.
