Nutrition Assistant 1
About The Position
As our Nutrition Assistant, you will directly interact with patients and visitors, ensuring all dining areas are safely sanitized, well-stocked, and food is appropriately prepared, taking pride in offering comfort and support. Every day you will serve nutritious food, meticulously setting up patient trays per menus and requests, including dietary restrictions. You will maintain sanitized food handling areas, accurately portion meals, support team members across food services functions, and manage dish collection and cleaning. To be successful in this role, you will possess strong knowledge of food preparation and production, enjoy helping others, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating keen attention to detail and a commitment to safety and excellent service. Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Avoids cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements. Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations & facility guidelines. Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests. Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation May be responsible for one or more of the following: Cashiering Serving in the retail area Assembling, delivering and retrieving patient trays Performing cold food prep Performing utility assignments (e.g., dishwashing, washing pots & pans, maintaining equipment) Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered food Supporting inventory maintenance duties Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., mopping, sweeping, emptying trash cans, etc.)
Requirements
- High School Graduate/GED Equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong knowledge of food preparation and production
- Enjoy helping others
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrate keen attention to detail
- Commitment to safety and excellent service
Responsibilities
- Directly interact with patients and visitors
- Ensure all dining areas are safely sanitized and well-stocked
- Ensure food is appropriately prepared
- Serve nutritious food
- Meticulously set up patient trays per menus and requests, including dietary restrictions
- Maintain sanitized food handling areas
- Accurately portion meals
- Support team members across food services functions
- Manage dish collection and cleaning
- Follow healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes
- Avoid cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements
- Maintain proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations & facility guidelines
- Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment
- Maintain knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests
- Follow organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience
- Ensure proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation
- Cashiering
- Serving in the retail area
- Assembling, delivering and retrieving patient trays
- Performing cold food prep
- Performing utility assignments (e.g., dishwashing, washing pots & pans, maintaining equipment)
- Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered food
- Supporting inventory maintenance duties
- Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., mopping, sweeping, emptying trash cans, etc.)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
