Nutrition Assistant

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Williamstown, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Elizabeth is hiring a Nutrition Assistant to join our Grant County Nutrition Services Team. This role involves processing utensils and dishware for patients, cafeteria, and catered meals, preparing and assembling foods for patients, assembling patient meal trays and nourishments, delivering patient meal carts and nourishment stock, and performing janitorial duties as assigned. The position requires demonstrating respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in all interactions.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Must be able to read, write, understand, and follow written and verbal instructions.

Responsibilities

Deliver and retrieve room service meal carts and stock to patient care units.
Coordinate with ambassadors on timing and placement of carts and ASAP trays.
Add any assigned items to carts as needed.
Pick up dirty tray carts, replace with clean carts.
Deliver dirty tray carts to dish room.
Perform janitorial tasks such as cleaning equipment and work surfaces, mopping, sweeping and trash disposal.
Process all utensils and dishware through automated dish machine for patients, cafeteria and catered food service in accordance with sanitary guidelines.
Restock clean dishware in cafeteria, cook’s and room service line areas to meet service needs.
Compliance with all local, state, federal and medical center regulatory, safety, sanitation and security standards.
Participate in performance improvement (PI) studies; assist with data collection and supports action plans.
Performs other duties as assigned.