NUTRITION ASSISTANT 2
About The Position
As a Nutrition Assistant, you will help deliver high-quality, safe, and efficient food services to patients and staff. Duties include preparing and delivering meal trays, assisting with food preparation, maintaining cleanliness and food safety, and interacting with patients about dietary needs. The role requires attention to detail, food safety knowledge, and customer service to support a positive dining experience. The Nutrition Assistant prepares and serves food according to menus and dietary requirements, using required kitchen utensils and equipment. The role includes knowing recipe ingredients to answer questions about food allergies or requests; following foodservice standards and procedures for food temperatures, preventing cross-contamination, personal hygiene, food labeling, and storage; and maintaining a high-quality patient and customer experience through proper portions, presentation, service recovery, and escalation to leadership as needed. Depending on assignment, responsibilities may also include following therapeutic diet and allergy guidelines; using production tools or electronic meal tallies; explaining basic therapeutic diets and menus; collecting and communicating patient food preferences; operating diet office software; accessing patient diet orders and nutritional reports in electronic health records; and cleaning equipment and work areas.
Requirements
- One year of foodservice experience.
- High school diploma in General Studies, GED in General Studies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and serve food according to menus and dietary requirements using kitchen utensils and equipment.
- Maintain knowledge of recipe ingredients to answer food allergy questions and requests.
- Monitor and maintain food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage; prevent cross-contamination; follow personal hygiene requirements; and ensure proper food labeling and storage.
- Provide a high-quality patient and customer experience through proper meal portions, appealing presentation, service recovery, and escalation to leadership when needed.
- Follow therapeutic diet modifications and allergy restrictions for patient meal trays, nourishment, snacks, and supplements, as assigned.
- Use production tools and/or electronic meal tallies or differentials for food preparation, as assigned.
- Explain basic therapeutic diet orders and menus, respond to patient and family questions, and refer further nutrition questions or needs to appropriate clinical support team members.
- Collect patient food preferences and communicate them to the kitchen for timely menu planning while ensuring compliance with prescribed diet orders.
- Operate electronic diet office software and tools according to established procedures and protocols, as assigned.
- Navigate electronic health records to access patient diet orders and nutritional reports, as assigned.
- Clean equipment and work areas, including tray lines, equipment, coolers, and office areas, and empty trash cans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
