Nutrition Jobs in Prescott, Arizona

Job Title: Nutrition Aide Company: Northern Arizona Healthcare Location: Cottonwood, AZ Description: Performs support tasks, such as pre-preparation, cooking, serving, cashiering, cleaning, dishwashing, and retrieval/or delivery to enable cooks, nutrition assistants, and supervisors to complete their work assignments. Occasionally cooks food for patients, visitors, and staff. Maintains and carries out all of VVMC policies and procedures. Ensures compliance with country and all other appropriate regulatory agencies.High school diploma or GED required.Previous experience in quantity food preparation preferred.Previous cashiering, bookkeeping, and accounting experience preferred.Food Handler's Certificate through Yavapai County Health Department within 30 days of hire required.Serv Safe - preferred.

Job Title: Nutrition Aide Company: Northern Arizona Healthcare Location: Flagstaff, AZ Description: Performs support tasks, such as pre-preparation, cooking, serving, cashiering, cleaning, dishwashing, and retrieval/or delivery to enable cooks, nutrition assistants, and supervisors to complete their work assignments. Occasionally cooks food for patients, visitors, and staff. Maintains and carries out all of FMC policies and procedures. Ensures compliance with country and all other appropriate regulatory agencies.High school diploma or GED required.Previous experience in quantity food preparation preferred.Previous cashiering, bookkeeping, and accounting experience preferred.Food Handler's Certificate, Coconino County Health Department, within 30 days of hire required.Serv Safe - preferred.

Job Title: Nutrition Assistant Company: Northern Arizona Healthcare Location: Flagstaff, AZ Description: Works with nutrition staff, nursing staff, kitchen staff and patients to provide optimal nutritional care and wellness. Assists with the coordination of medical nutrition therapy assessments, care plans, and menus as provided by the registered dietitians for individuals of all age categories (neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and seniors). Works effectively with the interdisciplinary health care team to ensure optimum care for the patients. Interacts with clinical nutrition staff, food service department staff, patients, nursing staff, medical staff, volunteer staff, and visitors.High school diploma or GED required.Previous experience in quantity food preparation preferred.Previous cashiering, bookkeeping, and accounting experience preferred.Food Handler's Certificate, Coconino County Health Department, within 30 days of hire required.Serv Safe - preferred.

Job Title: Dietetic Tech Company: Banner Health Location: Glendale, AZ Description: Overview: This position, in collaboration with the Registered Dietitians and members of the health care team, provides clinical nutrition care for moderate and low nutritional risk patients. Provides nutrition education to patients and families on appropriate meal selections within dietary restrictions to accomplish patient goals. Responsibilities: Provides nutritional education and instruction on identified diet plans to individual patients, patients in group settings, and patient families based upon physician order and/or nutritional education needs. May provide nutrition education to community.Prioritizes tasks and uses effective time management skills to maintain productivity standards. Assists the dietitian in providing an efficient and cost effective nutrition care program while meeting service excellence standards.In designated areas, performs timely nutrition assessments and may provide screening using designated criteria to identify patients at nutritional risk and appropriately determines the nutritional status of patients by completing assessments based on nutrition practice guidelines.Provides timely follow up and monitoring of patients identified for re-screening and re-assessment and refers patients to the dietitian; documents pertinent information in the medical records and patient plan of care while meeting requirements of regulatory agencies (i.e. Joint Commission, CMS, State and other regulatory agencies).Assists with continuous quality improvement activities and ongoing problem solving and conducts meal rounds as indicated.Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of Banner Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our Performance Standards each and every day. Banner's Performance Standards include: Safety, Attitude, Responsiveness, Communication, Comfort, Privacy, Appearance, Teamwork, and Accountability.NOTE: The essential functions are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented as outlined by the incumbent's immediate manager.May provide direction to the department staff in the activities necessary to provide quality nutrition patient care. Qualifications: PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ENVIRONMENT FACTORSAble to stand, walk, bend, squat, reach, and stretch frequently.Possess physical agility and adequate reaction time to respond quickly and appropriately to unexpected patient care needs. Needs adequate hearing and visual acuity, including adequate color vision. Requires fine motor skills, adequate eye-hand coordination, and ability to grasp and handle objects. Able to use proper body mechanics to assist patients in ambulating, transferring in and out of bed, chair or wheelchair. May be required to lift up to 75 pounds. Must use standard precautions due to threat of exposure to blood and bodily fluids. Ability to communicate effectively. May require periodic use of personal computer. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSThis position requires completion of an Associate Degree from an approved American Dietetic Association (ADA) Dietetic Technician program and be registered within 6 months of employment, or have a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics, or Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) with demonstrated equivalent knowledge as typically obtained with 3-5 years experience within the field. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience in Nutrition within an acute care setting is preferred.Additional related education and/or experience preferred.