Nutrition Office Clerk (Carlisle)

Company : UPMC
Location : Carlisle, PA, 17013
Posted Date : 20 October 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Administrative Assistance
Occupation : Office Clerk
Job Details
Nutritional Services Department Liaison
Acts as a department liaison by processing phone requests appropriately. Ensures nutritional accuracy of food served to patients as per medical diet order.
Responsibilities:
- Participates in departmental process improvement activities relating to office procedures and patient care.
- Records daily patient census by diet category for department budget reports and meal production forecasting.
- Put tube feeding in the Kardex and make label for the next day.
- Tally specials and supplements.
- Collect Mail.
- Edit menus once returned to meet requirements of each patient's diet restriction, patient's preferences, and allergies.
- Update patient Kardex file and menus on all patients/residents throughout the day.
- Keep a running inventory of patient menus and maintains adequate supply for daily operations.
- Provides brief explanation of prescribed diet and/or purpose of meal patterns as needed those inquiring about diet.
- Assists patients with making acceptable menu selections with their meal pattern.
- Put together patient menu that are going to dialysis and notify starter.
- Community life sheet tally for diets.
- Pull appropriate menu based on the diet order in the Kardex, edit for patient's preferences and allergies, then sticker menu with the patient's name, room number and diet.
- Put HS snacks for all new diabetics.
- Lock up department.
- Answer the phone appropriately (identifying yourself/department).
- Record late trays (time, patient's name, diet and request).
- Transcribes prescribed meal pattern on menus for renal/renal carbohydrates, fluid restriction and diabetic diets.
- Daily HS snack audit diabetic patients and put together nourishment bags.
- Collect missing menus via phone and/or in person.
Qualifications:
- High School graduate or equivalent. 6 months experience in a hospital.
- Dietary office and/or knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing with staff.
- Computer skills required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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