11 dietary nutrition jobs found in Newark, NJ

Overview Food Service Worker – Trayline 📍 Newark, NJ | 🕒 Full-Time | 💼 Dietary |   About the Role The primary purpose of the Food Service Worker position is to assist in preparing and serving food to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, and their family members .   Responsibilities What You’ll Do Delivers meals and snacks per policy and procedure. Retrieves patient meal trays per policy and procedure. Utilizes knowledge of growth and development when providing services to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Communicates with infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a manner which demonstrates an understanding of the patient developmental and cognitive level. Formulates patient meal supplement and nourishment. Qualifications What You’ll Bring   Required: High School...

Overview Food Service Worker – Trayline 📍 Newark, NJ | 🕒 Part-Time | 💼 Dietary |   About the Role The primary purpose of the Food Service Worker position is to assist in preparing and serving food to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, and their family members .   Responsibilities What You’ll Do Delivers meals and snacks per policy and procedure. Retrieves patient meal trays per policy and procedure. Utilizes knowledge of growth and development when providing services to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Communicates with infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a manner which demonstrates an understanding of the patient developmental and cognitive level. Formulates patient meal supplement and nourishment. Qualifications What You’ll Bring   Required: High School...

Overview About the Role The primary purpose of the Cook position is to prepare quality food for Patient and Retail Services, in a timely, cost- effective manner. Responsibilities What You’ll Do   Prepares food according to standardized recipes to produce quality products for end-users within time deadlines. Maintains proper food handling and storage to comply with Federal, State and Local Health Regulations and all standards as set forth by The Joint Commission. Completes all Mise en place to ensure an efficient meal production process. Definition of Mise in Place: “Put in Place.” The preparation and assembly of ingredients, pans, utensils, and plates or serving pieces needed for a particular dish or service period. Maintains work area in an organized, clean, and sanitary manner. Properly uses knives, kitchen utensils and equipment in a safe manner. Performs other related duties as assigned....

Overview About the Role The primary purpose of the Bistro Cook position is to prepare and serve all food from the grill, pizza, salad, and fry areas of the Bistro. May also be required to prepare food items for future concepts and catering services as deemed necessary by the unit management. The duties of this position also include the performance of the food service worker function on a daily basis. Responsibilities What You’ll Do   Service provided is patient centered. Actively contributes to creating a friendly, welcoming, and safe environment for UH customers. Communicates clearly to ensure understanding. Responds to complaints and concerns by resolving issues immediately whenever possible. Organizes work process to accommodate customer needs, including internal customers and co-workers. Meets or exceeds customer expectations for service. Acts as a role model for Service Excellence....

Overview Registered Dietitian 📍 Newark, NJ | 🕒 Full-Time (Day) | 💼 Dietary |   About the Role The primary purpose of the Registered Dietitian position is to assess and intervene with Pediatric (birth to 18 years), Adult (19-64 years) and Geriatric (65-95+ years) clients, for nutritional risk and education requirements.   Responsibilities What You’ll Do   Care provided is patient centered.   Actively contributes to creating a friendly, welcoming and safe environment for UH customers. Communicates clearly to ensure understanding. Responds to complaints and concerns by resolving issues immediately whenever possible. Interacts with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the plan of care is coordinated. Meets or exceeds patient/family expectations for service. Acts as a role model for Service Excellence. Maintains professional composure and confidence in the care setting....

Overview About the Role   The Senior Oncology Dietitian is considered an expert in oncology nutrition care. The Senior Registered Dietitian works closely with the multidisciplinary cancer team to provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) to individuals and groups in an outpatient cancer setting. The dietitian provides nutrition care to help patients meet their medical goals and objectives, including addressing nutrition-related problems, chronic disease management, disease prevention, and overall wellness. Utilizing the Nutrition Care Process and Terminology (NCPT), the dietitian assesses nutrition status, identifies nutrition diagnoses, and develops, implements, and evaluates outcomes of nutrition care plans for patients at nutritional risk. The Senior Registered Dietitian provides nutrition education and counseling to patients, families, and the community. Responsibilities also include training nutrition and dietetics interns and other healthcare...

Overview About the Role   The primary purpose of the Registered Dietitian position is to plan, develop, implement, and coordinate all phases of nutritional care for patients in the outpatient Cancer Center. Primary responsibilities include Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Care Plan Development and Follow-Up, Nutrition Education, and Nutrition Counseling for oncology patients. Provides nutrition and hydration requirements and recommendations throughout the continuum of cancer care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care. Provides treatment-related symptom management, nutrition support, and addresses quality-of-life concerns through medical nutrition therapy, patient education, and lifestyle recommendations for survivorship, health promotion, and disease prevention. Responsibilities What You’ll Do Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments for patients receiving care at the Cancer...

Overview About the Role The primary purpose of the Registered Dietitian position is to assess and intervene with Adult (18-64 years) and Geriatric (65-95+ years) clients, for nutritional risk and education requirements. Responsibilities What You’ll Do Performs nutrition assessments in the time frame consistent with the N.J. State Health Code and/or policy and procedure for designated subunits, and triages clients into appropriate level of care to determine time frame for follow-up intervention and intensity of nutritional care required. Documents all nutritional care provided to clients in the medical chart using the S.O.A.P format or as outlined in the policy and procedure for designated subunits. Evaluates and monitors client’s progress consistent with policy and procedure and implements appropriate nutritional care collaboratively with primary care physician or designate. Attends and actively...

Overview Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments of assigned patients, developing care plans, and providing medical nutrition therapy, clinical guidance, nutrition education and counseling to meet normal and therapeutic needs consistent with VNS Hospice Care policies. Works under general supervision. What We Provide Per Diem team members can access our extensive Employee Assistance Program that includes financial, legal, and mental health counseling program as well as participate in a retirement savings program.   What You Will Do • Assesses and evaluates nutritional status of individual patients utilizing professional knowledge, interviewing skills and evidence-based guides to provide quality patient care. • Evaluates patient’s physical condition and calculates therapeutic diet to meet the specific requirements of individual patient. Recommends to physician the plan of care, and advises physician of patient progress.  • Establishes nutritional plan based on...

Overview Diet Control Assistant 📍 Newark, NJ | 🕒 Part-Time (Day) | 💼 Dietary |   About the Role The primary purpose of the Diet Control Assistant position is to provide infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients with quality Food & Nutrition services, operational information; and serves as the liaison between the patient care unit(s) and the Department of Food & Nutrition. Delivers all meals/food items to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients in designated patient care unit(s) within specified time frames. Performs in a caring, conscientious and confidential manner toward patients, family members, visitors, colleagues, staff and students. Maintains individual patient care electronic Card files and coordinates interdepartmental communications. Responsibilities What You’ll Do Maintains electronic patient card files. Modifies menu to comply with diet...

Overview About the Role The primary purpose of the Assistant Manager Patient Food Services position is to plan, direct and manage all Diet Office procedures and the assembly and efficient delivery of patient meals. Provides continuous and consistent high quality, cost-effective services with a patient focused approach to enhance client satisfaction. Responsibilities What You’ll Do     Actively contributes to creating a friendly, welcoming, and safe environment for UH customers; communicates clearly to ensure understanding; responds to complaints and concerns by resolving issues immediately whenever possible; interacts with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the plan of care is coordinated; meets or exceeds patient/family expectations for service; acts as a role model for Service Excellence; maintains professional composure and confidence in the care setting; works effectively with...