Nutrition Office Assistant

Forefront Healthcare is unique, experienced, and specialized in serving the continuum of care. With finely tailored, high-quality culinary and support services, Forefront helps its partners elevate the patient and resident experience.

Come elevate your career with our company that has won the #1 "Best places to work by Modern Healthcare!" Forefront Healthcare is looking for an enthusiastic Nutrition Office Assistant to join our team. You will work with an amazing team!

Your passion for people and the way they are cared for is appreciated in this role every single day! We want you to bring your talent & skills to positively impact the health of our residents.

WE HAVE AMAZING BENEFITS: Benefits include: (Full-time employees eligible) **Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k) plan (retirement plan), PTO
 

Competencies/Skillset:

-Must be reliable with good attendance and have reliable transportation.

-This role is ultimately responsible for inputting resident meal orders into a tablet-based digital menu system utilizing the Mealsuite Touch platform. 

-Customer services skills in relation to meeting new residents and families on admission, and addressing food concerns.

-Organized with the ability to handle large volumes of data, documentation, and communications with accuracy. Must be able to respond to email/phone requests and communications in a timely manner. Must be able to multitask and handle multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.

-Dependable, efficient with time, and professional in appearance. Will represent the Dietary/Nutrition department when meeting new residents/families or standing in for meetings.

-Computer skills including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Mail, Google Drive, Adobe, Mealsuite and Mealsuite Touch required.

-Good communication and collaboration skills. Will be working with the nursing departments, residents and culinary services team on a daily basis.

-Ability to handle potentially high stress-situations and problem solve.

-Knowledge of CMS Long Term Care Regulations, Food Safety/Sanitation, and the Food Code preferred, but not required.

-Ability to maintain confidentiality of medical records and abide by HIPPA.

-Physical Requirements: Walking the facility and delivering food items or paper work/tickets throughout the day.

-Experience working in an office/healthcare/administrative/clerical setting working with computer programs, data entry, and communication highly preferred.

Role: 70% Dietary/Food Service 30% Clinical.

 Experience/Education:

--Knowledge of CMS Long Term Care Regulations, Food Safety/Sanitation, and the Food Code.

-Experience with Point Click Care and Mealsuite.

-Experience working in a healthcare setting or with the elderly population.

-Experience as a Nutrition assistant.

- Associates or Bachelors Degree.

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 based on certification/education/experience