{"id":5851,"date":"2024-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5851"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:05:36","slug":"dietary-unit-clerk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/dietary-unit-clerk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietary Unit Clerk"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Representative group<\/th>\nJob codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU LOCAL 925 NONSUPERVISORY<\/td>\n18004 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv)
\n22467 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WFSE HMC<\/td>\n18678 (NE S WFSE HMC)
\n22721 (NE H NI WFSE HMC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU 1199NW UWMC NORTHWEST SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE<\/td>\n21322 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance)
\n22959 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide nutritional services directly to patients and nursing units.<\/p>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maintain the patient nutritional care system which includes writing menus in accordance to diet prescription and processing menus for meals.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under general supervision, write or check patient menus; distribute, pick up, and tally menus; prepare food production worksheets; maintain record of patient diet prescriptions.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maintain current patient card files by processing diet and meal orders;<\/p>\n

Write and\/or check patient menus according to established food patterns, food tolerances, and preferences; check patient trays to ensure they match the patient menus;<\/p>\n

Respond to verbal and written communications regarding patient nutritional care;<\/p>\n

Calculate nutrient intake with computer;<\/p>\n

Label, deliver and pick up patient menus;<\/p>\n

Tally patient menus and prepare food production worksheets;<\/p>\n

Distribute nutritional care information to patients;<\/p>\n

Determine and report patient census to food production area;<\/p>\n

Maintain supply inventory;<\/p>\n

Act as department receptionist;<\/p>\n

Perform the work of Dietary Unit Aides;<\/p>\n

May contact on-call personnel for relief work;<\/p>\n

May prepare late trays for patients;<\/p>\n

May assist in orienting and training new staff; and<\/p>\n

Perform other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Possession of, or eligible to obtain a Washington State Food Worker Card within two weeks of employment, high school graduation or GED, and one year of experience as a Dietary Unit Aide in a health care facility or equivalent. One year of additional experience may substitute for the educational requirement.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/03\/1973: New Class
\n12\/18\/1974: Revise Minimum Qualifications
\n03\/21\/1988: Revise Class
\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ
\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion
\n08\/01\/2018: Revise Typical Work and MQ; update job code with Workday code
\n01\/01\/2020: Add SEIU 1199NW UWMC-NW job profiles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes SEIU LOCAL 925 NONSUPERVISORY 18004 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 22467 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv) WFSE HMC 18678 (NE S WFSE HMC) 22721 (NE H NI WFSE HMC) SEIU 1199NW UWMC NORTHWEST SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE 21322 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance) 22959 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Provide nutritional services directly to patients and nursing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10861,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5851\/revisions\/10861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}