Nutrition Assistant I

CommonSpirit Health • Henderson, NV

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About The Position

The Nutrition Assistant helps deliver high-quality, safe, and efficient food services to patients and staff. The role includes preparing and delivering meal trays, assisting with food preparation, maintaining cleanliness, complying with food safety requirements, and responding to patients’ dietary needs. The Nutrition Assistant follows healthcare foodservice standards and procedures, including maintaining food temperatures, preventing cross-contamination, meeting personal hygiene requirements, labeling food products, and storing food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines. Food is prepared and served according to menu and dietary requirements, using required kitchen utensils and equipment. The role requires knowledge of recipe ingredients to address food-allergy questions or requests and adherence to organizational standards for a high-quality patient and customer experience, including accurate portions and appealing presentation. Depending on assignment, duties may also include cashiering, retail-area service, patient tray assembly and delivery or retrieval, cold food preparation, dishwashing and other utility work, catering, inventory maintenance, and general cleaning of equipment and work areas.

Requirements

• One year of food service or customer service experience.
• Obtain a Nevada Food Handler Permit within 30 days.

Nice To Haves

• High school graduate or GED.
• Cashier experience.

Responsibilities

• Follow healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures, including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage.
• Prevent food cross-contamination and comply with personal hygiene requirements.
• Label food products properly and store food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines.
• Prepare and serve food according to menu and 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 to provide a high-quality patient and customer experience.
• Ensure proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation.
• Depending on assignment, cashier or serve in the retail area.
• Depending on assignment, assemble, deliver, and retrieve patient trays.
• Depending on assignment, perform cold food preparation and utility work, such as dishwashing and washing pots and pans, and maintain equipment.
• Depending on assignment, perform catering functions or deliver and pick up catered food.
• Depending on assignment, support inventory maintenance.
• Depending on assignment, clean equipment and work areas, including mopping, sweeping, and emptying trash cans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed