Nutrition Assistant I

CommonSpirit Health•The Woodlands, TX

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 assistant follows healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines, and procedures, including monitoring food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage; avoiding cross-contamination; maintaining personal hygiene; and labeling and storing food products, equipment, and machinery appropriately. Food is prepared and served according to menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. The assistant maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to allergy questions and requests and follows organizational standards for a high-quality patient and customer experience, including proper portioning and appealing presentation. Depending on assignment, duties may also include cashiering, retail-area service, assembling and delivering or retrieving patient trays, cold food preparation, dishwashing and other utility work, catering functions and deliveries, inventory maintenance, and general cleaning of equipment and work areas.

Requirements

One year of food service or customer service experience.
Texas Food Handler Permit within 30 days or ServSafe Certification within 30 days.

Nice To Haves

High school graduate in General Studies, upon hire, or a High School GED 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.
Prevent 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 required kitchen utensils and equipment.
Know recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.
Follow organizational standards and guidelines for a high-quality patient and customer experience.
Ensure proper meal portioning and appealing presentation.
May cashier, serve in the retail area, assemble and deliver or retrieve patient trays, or perform cold food preparation.
May perform utility assignments such as dishwashing, washing pots and pans, and maintaining equipment.
May perform catering functions and deliver or pick up catered food.
May support inventory maintenance and clean equipment and work areas, including mopping, sweeping, and emptying trash cans.