Nutrition Assistant I

CommonSpirit Health • Burien, WA

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About The Position

The Nutrition Assistant assists 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, complying with food-safety requirements, and interacting with patients about dietary needs. Success in the position requires attention to detail, food-safety knowledge, and strong customer service to support a positive dining experience.

The Nutrition Assistant follows healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures, including monitoring food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage. The role requires avoiding food cross-contamination, following personal hygiene requirements, labeling food products properly, and storing food, equipment, and machinery according to regulations and facility guidelines. The assistant prepares and serves food according to menus and dietary requirements, uses required kitchen utensils and equipment, and knows recipe ingredients to respond to food-allergy questions or requests. The role also upholds organizational standards for patient and customer experience and ensures appropriate meal portions and attractive presentation.

Depending on assignment, duties may also include cashiering, retail-area service, assembling and delivering or retrieving patient trays, cold food preparation, utility work such as dishwashing and washing pots and pans, equipment maintenance, catering and food delivery or pickup, inventory support, 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 or a General Educational Development (GED) credential in General Studies, upon hire.
• Cashier experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver meal trays and assist with food preparation.
• Maintain cleanliness and comply with food-safety requirements, including monitoring food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage.
• Avoid 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 menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Know recipe ingredients to respond to questions or requests about food allergies.
• Follow organizational standards and guidelines for a high-quality patient and customer experience.
• Ensure proper meal portioning and attractive presentation.
• Depending on assignment, perform cashiering or serve in the retail area.
• Depending on assignment, assemble, deliver, and retrieve patient trays.
• Depending on assignment, perform cold food preparation and utility tasks, including dishwashing and washing pots and pans.
• Depending on assignment, maintain equipment, support inventory duties, perform catering functions, and deliver or pick up catered food.
• 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