Dietetic Technician Registered

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Don, B. Jayasinghe DTR

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Professional Summary

Registered Dietetic Technician and a well-seasoned professional nutrition care delivery person with a very recent Associate Degree in Science - Nutrition and Dietetics with six years’ experience in clinical nutrition service and food service operations in acute and long term health care settings.

Achieved excellent results, both at work place and college, as evidenced by 90% customer satisfaction rate in April 2016 and GPA of 3.53 with Phi Theta Kappa Honors at college

Objective:

To explore new vistas of Food and Nutrition Services as a newly credentialed Dietetic Technician while helping customers with medical nutrition therapy

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Credentials: Dietetic Technician Registered-DTR

●Graduate of Associate in Science-(AS) Degree. Gateway Community College, Dietetic Technician Program, New Haven, CT.

●Major: Nutrition and Dietetics : Minor- Food Management

●Completed Internships: Food Service, Clinical Management and Community Rotations at Hartford Hospital and Lord Chamberlain Long Term Care, Stratford CT; include 450 hours

●Current Serve safe Manager Certification

●CPR Certification

●Pharmacy Technician Certification- Gateway Community College, in 2011

●Competency in Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, and Internet Apps.

●Placed in College Dean’s List since 2011, to date, uninterrupted

●Member of the Phi Theta Kappa- Inter- Community College Honor Society, since 2011

Education

A Foreign high school graduate

May 2016- Member of the graduating class at Gateway Community College, New Haven

2011- Completed Pharmacy Technician Certification at Gateway Community College

Experience

Aug. 2016 to Date: Dietetic Technician-Per Diem: Hospital for Special Care, New Britain

2012 to Date: Nutrition Coordinator: Hartford Hospital, Hartford

2010 to 2012: Dietary Aide: Village Green of Wallingford

2005 to 2008 : Manager- Foreign Country – Books and Tutorials Publishing Company

Prior to 2005: Foreign- Managing Partner- Family Owned Food Outlet.

My Core Competencies and Professional Life Skills Include:

2012-2016: Four Years’ experience as a Nutrition Coordinator at Hartford Hospital, Hartford Health Care, and currently working in this position

Include four years of work with Clinical Nutrition Care Team at Hartford Hospital.

Seamlessly coordinate diet office and patient meal selection process

Team-up with unit personnel to assure the delivery of meals to patients in a timely fashion in accordance with defined service standards. Assure that the tray and all components are accurate and attractively presented

Monitor the level of patient satisfaction and other patient food issues. Serve as the liaison between dining services and the nursing unit regarding patient dining services while maintaining a high level of contact with the patient and family to exemplify service

Use a portable technology device to verbalize or review menu choices and assist patients with the selection of menu items that meet the requirements of his/her diet order including allergies/ intolerances/ cultural/ethnic and religious needs. Keeps clinical dietitians for the unit apprised of patients with special requirements so that adjustments may be made to provide alternative meal options. Provides patient with information regarding the menu ordering process, diet specifications, and distribution of meals

●Maintain inventory floor stock. Monitor use of enteral food supplies. Help to ensure that supplies needed to support the provision of food and nutrition services for patients are maintained on the unit

●Taking menu selections, to ensure delivery of correct nutrition regimen to each and every patient according to varying diet orders, thus avoiding possible allergens and other drug-food interactions.

●Maintenance of enteral nutrition stores in assigned floors

●Delivering trays and picking up after meal times to ensure correct trays are served

●Coordinating patients, families, and nursing for maximum satisfaction through meal service while serving as a first- line representative of the food and nutrition services in assigned hospital floors

● 2010-2012: Dietary Aide: More than two years of dietary aide experience at Village Green of Wallingford- Skilled Nursing Facility: worked at meals assembly, snacks, deliver of carts, cleaning and sanitation of kitchen

Presentation Skills

Presentation of Low Sodium Diets at Jewish Food Pantry in New Haven

●Presentation of Low Sodium Diets to Gateway Community Handicapped Youth Class

Presentation of Bulletin Board on Drug-Food Interaction at Elim Park Rehab in Cheshire CT

●Excellent team-player, maintaining good rapport with co-workers and all other levels of employees, including supervisors and managers.

●Received written commendations from present and past employers for attendance and consistency at work.

●Ability to pay attention and fulfill any given task in a timely manner.

Volunteer Work:

Registered volunteer at Master’s Manna Food Pantry, and continue to perform as a volunteer

Member of the Phi Theta Kappa Inter Community College Student Honor Society

Member of the Wallingford Senior Center

Affiliations

Student membership of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics- Current, and subject to upgrade to full membership on passing DTR

References: Available upon Request

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