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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 00102851 |
Description Activated On: 1/27/2025 3:21:39 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. This is a professional clinical dietetic position. The employee in this position is responsible for planning and organizing the nutritional care of residents including those on prescribed diets. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. This position has direct care interaction, and the employee is expected to interact with adult and geriatric populations, as appropriate. Writes modified diets and adjusts recipes; conducts class in preparation and service of modified diet products. Organizes a complete program of patient nutritional care including nutritional assessments, diet counseling, chart entries, treatment team participation, discharge counseling and nutritional education programs. Recommends ordering and prepares specifications for specialized food products for therapeutic use. Assists in the preparation of the annual budget by submitting forecasts of program needs. Coordinates with the Food Service Manager to fill client nutritional needs concerning flavor, texture and general acceptability of therapeutic menus, plans the diet requirements and is responsible for the accuracy of the diets. Attends and participates in inter- and intra-departmental clinical care of patients, recommends appropriate dietary regime with other clinical modalities. Collects data for the nutritional audit component of the facility’s quality improvement program including, but not limited to, patient acceptance of food, food conformance to quality standards, diet adherence, diet menu review and annual review and revision of the diet manual. Plans, schedules, teaches and evaluates nutritional care programs for patients. Provides educational material to staff, community and families. Maintains/records, compiles, develops and evaluates educational materials and uses them as aids in current nutrition education. Provides guidance and direction to lower level dietetic staff performing work in the nutritional care for residents. Develops and documents all policies and procedures related to nutritional care and presents them to a higher level supervisor. Performs related work as required. Maintains computerized Food Service System. Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing. Follows food service safety and sanitation standards. Travels to different/other buildings on the hospital grounds. Travels off grounds for training. |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. There is verbal direction and supervision of work received from the Clinical Dietitian Manager and/or Director of Dietetic Services who evaluates overall effectiveness. Progress toward established goals is made through conferences and written reports submitted to the DDS. Work is performed with a degree of initiative and independent judgement. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. Registered Dietitian 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. 5. 6. |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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