Nutrition Assistant I
About The Position
As a Nutrition Assistant, you assist in delivering 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, ensuring food safety compliance, and interacting with patients regarding dietary needs. Success requires meticulous attention to detail, strong food safety knowledge, and excellent customer service to contribute to a positive dining experience. You follow healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures, including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage. You prevent cross-contamination, follow personal hygiene requirements, label food products properly, and store food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines. You prepare and serve food according to menus and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment, and maintain knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests. You also follow organizational standards for a high-quality patient and customer experience, including proper meal portioning and appealing presentation. Depending on assignment, duties may include cashiering; serving in the retail area; assembling, delivering, and retrieving patient trays; cold food preparation; utility work such as dishwashing, washing pots and pans, and maintaining equipment; catering functions and delivery or pickup of catered food; inventory maintenance; and general cleaning of equipment and work areas.
Requirements
- One year of food service or customer service experience.
- Washington Food Handler Permit within 30 days.
Nice To Haves
- High school graduate in General Studies, upon hire.
- High school GED in General Studies, upon hire.
- Cashier experience.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Prepare and serve food according to menus and dietary requirements using kitchen utensils and equipment.
- Know recipe ingredients to answer questions or requests about food allergies.
- Ensure proper meal portions and an aesthetically pleasing presentation.
- Perform assigned cashiering duties.
- Serve in the retail area, as assigned.
- Assemble, deliver, and retrieve patient meal trays, as assigned.
- Perform cold food preparation, as assigned.
- Perform utility assignments such as dishwashing, washing pots and pans, and maintaining equipment.
- Perform catering functions and deliver or pick up catered food, as assigned.
- Support inventory maintenance duties, as assigned.
- Clean equipment and work areas, including mopping, sweeping, and emptying trash cans.
- Provide high-quality, safe, and efficient food services and a positive patient and customer experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
