Nutrition Assistant 2
About The Position
The Nutrition Assistant II supports Dominican Hospital’s healthcare food service operations by preparing and serving food to patients, guests, and staff, delivering customer service, and helping maintain compliance with therapeutic meal requirements. The role prepares food according to menu guidelines and dietary requirements, including maintaining knowledge of recipe ingredients to address food allergy questions and requests. The position follows food service standards and procedures for food temperature monitoring, cooking, holding, storage, hygiene, cross-contamination prevention, and labeling. It also supports a high-quality patient and customer experience through accurate meal portioning, appealing presentation, and service recovery, escalating concerns to leadership as needed. Depending on assigned duties, the Nutrition Assistant II may follow therapeutic diet and allergy guidelines for patient meals and supplements; use production tools or electronic meal tallies; explain basic therapeutic diet orders and menus; collect and communicate patient food preferences; operate electronic diet office software; and access patient diet orders and nutritional reports in electronic health records. Additional patient nutrition questions or needs are escalated to appropriate clinical support team members.
Requirements
- One year of food service experience.
- High school graduation in General Studies, a High School GED in General Studies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Understanding of therapeutic diet modifications.
- Ability to operate electronic diet office software.
- Experience collecting patient food preferences while ensuring compliance with prescribed diet orders.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and serve food according to menu guidelines and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment.
- Maintain knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions and requests.
- Monitor and maintain food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage.
- Prevent food cross-contamination and follow personal hygiene requirements.
- Label food products properly and store food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines.
- Follow organizational standards and guidelines to provide a high-quality patient and customer experience.
- Ensure accurate meal portioning and appealing food presentation.
- Provide service recovery and escalate issues to leadership as needed.
- Follow therapeutic diet modifications and allergy restrictions for patient meal trays, nourishment, snacks, and supplements, as assigned.
- Use and follow production tools or electronic meal tallies and differentials for food preparation, as assigned.
- Explain basic therapeutic diet orders and menus and respond to patient and family questions; refer additional nutrition questions or needs to clinical support team members.
- Collect patient food preferences and ensure compliance with prescribed diet orders; communicate preferences to the kitchen for menu planning in a timely manner.
- Operate electronic diet office software and tools according to established procedures and protocols.
- Navigate electronic health records to access patient diet orders and nutritional reports.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
