Diet Clerk

at  Friendly Senior Living

(BASED ON EXPERIENCE)

The Friendly Home is a highly rated Senior Care Community, located in Brighton, NY - we embrace and live our values every day: Friendship, Teamwork, Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, and Customer Focus. Because Friends Care Always!

REQUIREMENTS FOR A DIET CLERK:

• Previous knowledge or education in food and nutrition is preferred.

• Accurately record and maintain dietary preferences, allergies, restrictions, and special requests of patients.
• Enter and update patient meal orders in electronic systems, ensuring accuracy and adherence to prescribed diets.
• Communicate effectively with dietitians and kitchen staff to ensure patients receive appropriate meals based on their dietary needs and state regulations.
• Visits Members during meal service to assess Member satisfaction.
• Work closely with dietitians to ensure patients’ dietary plans align with medical recommendations and kitchen staff to ensure food options are available and ordered options are included in production counts.
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of weekly menus in adherence to dietary guidelines.
• Update and revise menus to accommodate changes in patient needs, seasonality, and or special events.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of patient dietary information, including meal orders, modifications, and preferences.
• Generate reports and summaries for medical and administrative purposes, as required.
• Additional clerical/ customer service support including meeting members for food preferences, to obtain birthday orders, ext.