Nutrition Assistant Lead

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga•Chattanooga, TN

1d•$18 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

As a Nutrition Assistant, you will assist in delivering high-quality, safe, and efficient food services to patients and staff. Every day you will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food preparation, maintain cleanliness, ensure food safety compliance, and interact with patients regarding dietary needs. To be successful, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, strong food safety knowledge, and excellent customer service, contributing to a positive dining experience. Leads the daily operations of Nutrition Assistants and nutrition support staff to assist in ensuring operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. Participates in and supports all aspects of healthcare food service operations. Works with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care and demonstrates excellent customer service to patients, guests and staff. Follows diet manual handbook and diet spreadsheets to ensure therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet order. Ensures employees follow healthcare food service industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Ensures processes and standards are met to avoid cross contamination. Ensures employees adhere to hygiene, food labeling, and food storage standards and maintains tools and equipment according to regulations and facility guidelines. Leads food and nutrition service employees including ensuring menu and diet accuracy, proper meal portioning, presentation and delivery, patient discharge follow-up, etc. Provides direction and development to staff not adhering to policies and procedures. Oversees food preparation and service to ensure the guidelines of menu and dietary requirements are met. Maintains foundational knowledge of recipe ingredients and food allergies in order to respond appropriately to dietary questions and concerns. Assists team members in applying organizational procedures and protocols to reduce the occurrence of errors related to dietary guidelines. Trains new and existing employees to follow departmental policies and procedures. Assesses training progress and provides constructive feedback for improved performance. Supports leadership in employee performance reviews. Supports leadership in the training of nutrition services team members related to areas such as therapeutic diets, retail responsibilities and other departmental areas. The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED, upon hire
Two (2) years experience in food service
One (1) year hospital nutrition experience

Responsibilities

Prepare and deliver meal trays
Assist with food preparation
Maintain cleanliness
Ensure food safety compliance
Interact with patients regarding dietary needs
Lead the daily operations of Nutrition Assistants and nutrition support staff
Ensure operational efficiency and regulatory compliance
Participate in and support all aspects of healthcare food service operations
Provide optimal nutritional care
Demonstrate excellent customer service to patients, guests and staff
Follow diet manual handbook and diet spreadsheets to ensure therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet order
Ensure employees follow healthcare food service industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures
Monitor and maintain food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes
Ensure processes and standards are met to avoid cross contamination
Ensure employees adhere to hygiene, food labeling, and food storage standards
Maintain tools and equipment according to regulations and facility guidelines
Ensure menu and diet accuracy, proper meal portioning, presentation and delivery, patient discharge follow-up
Provide direction and development to staff not adhering to policies and procedures
Oversee food preparation and service to ensure the guidelines of menu and dietary requirements are met
Respond appropriately to dietary questions and concerns
Assist team members in applying organizational procedures and protocols to reduce the occurrence of errors related to dietary guidelines
Train new and existing employees to follow departmental policies and procedures
Assess training progress and provide constructive feedback for improved performance
Support leadership in employee performance reviews
Support leadership in the training of nutrition services team members