Nutrition Assistant I

St. Rose Dominican Siena • 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 involves preparing and delivering meal trays, assisting with food preparation, maintaining cleanliness and food safety, and interacting with patients about dietary needs. The Nutrition Assistant follows healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures, including monitoring food temperatures, preventing cross-contamination, maintaining personal hygiene, labeling food products properly, and storing food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines.

The position prepares and serves food in accordance with menus and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. The Nutrition Assistant maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests and follows organizational standards for a high-quality patient and customer experience, including correct meal portions and appealing presentation. Depending on assignment, duties may include cashiering, retail-area service, patient-tray assembly and delivery, cold food preparation, dishwashing and other utility work, catering support, inventory maintenance, and cleaning equipment and work areas.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• High school graduate or GED.
• Cashier experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver meal trays and assist with food preparation.
• Maintain food safety, cleanliness, and compliance with applicable healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
• 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 in accordance with menus 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 for a high-quality patient and customer experience, including proper meal portioning and presentation.
• Perform assigned duties such as cashiering, retail-area service, patient-tray assembly, delivery and retrieval, cold food preparation, dishwashing, equipment maintenance, catering support, inventory maintenance, and cleaning work areas.

What This Job Offers

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