Food and Nutritional Services Worker

Lifepoint Health • Indianapolis, IN

18h • Onsite

About The Position

At Community Rehabilitation Hospital North , we are committed to empowering and
supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality,
scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. In
your role, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing
and providing care to our patients and community members. We believe that our
collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.

The Food & Nutritional Services Aide performs a variety of patient food service
and dish duties. The Nutrition Services Aide is responsible for providing
excellent customer service while taking patient menu requests and communicating
dietary information for use by kitchen personnel in the preparation of meals for
patients. Responsible for accurately identifying the patient to ensure they
receive the proper diet and nutritional supplements. Follows diet manual
guidelines, organizational and departmental policies and procedures. Effectively
uses downtime to accomplish departmental tasks as assigned or recognized.

Community Rehabilitation Hospital North is a 60 bed hospital located in Indianapolis, IN and is part of Lifepoint Health, a
diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities
healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities
from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your
experience matters

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of
Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans
29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and
behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across
the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers
and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through
talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with
opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a
difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to
promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with
an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and
reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior food service or customer service experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing and great interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure

Responsibilities

• Accurately prepares food trays for general and therapeutic diets and prepares special diet foods as necessary. Verifies trays for accuracy.
• Prepares and delivers items, such as trays or snacks, as requested by patient care units or patients.
• Deliver/collect daily menus and assist patients with ordering
• Record meal intakes of patients
• Maintains tray line in a clean, neat and organized manner and puts clean dishes and utensils away.
• Collect soiled trays and utensils from dining room tables and transport them to dish washing area.
• Wash dishes, clean equipment, wipe off dining room and worktables, clean utensils, pots and pans; mop floors in dietary as schedule and as necessary.
• Clean and maintain kitchen, storage areas and food preparation equipment. Wash, sanitize, and store trays, dishes and utensils
• Disposes of trash and garbage in appropriate manner and as needed.
• Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance work flow, and/or improve the work environment
• Use meal program to enter new patients and adjust diet orders as needed
• Set up serving line with cold foods, condiments, serving containers, dishes, silverware, etc. according to the menus and as instructed
• Stock and store food items Maintain a level of food and supplies adequate for the next meal and assist in inventorying and storing incoming foods and supplies
• Follow HAACP guidelines. (Temps, dating, etc…)
• Report hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents, and incidents, as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
• And much more...

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED