Central Kitchen Dishroom

Catholic Health Initiatives; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Health Initiatives is seeking a Nutrition Assistant at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy. You will help deliver safe, high-quality meals to patients and staff, respond to dietary needs, and support food service operations in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities include meal preparation, accurate portioning, record-keeping in electronic systems, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Excellent customer service and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• One year of food service experience.
• Customer service experience preferred.
• High school diploma or GED required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals following menu and dietary guidelines.
• Maintain food safety and proper temperatures during cooking and holding.
• Label foods accurately and prevent cross-contamination; ensure clean storage.
• Assemble and deliver patient meal trays; respond to dietary requests.
• Document patient preferences and diet orders; notify clinical teams when needed.
• Operate electronic diet office software and electronic health records as required.
• Keep work areas clean and sanitize equipment and trays.

Skills

Customer service

Education

High School Graduate General Studies

High School GED General Studies

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

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.

• Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.

• Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Avoids cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements. Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations and facility guidelines.

• Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation. Provides service recovery efforts and escalates to leadership as needed.

• May be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Following therapeutic diet modifications and guidelines including allergy restrictions for all patient meal trays, nourishment, snacks and supplements

• Printing, providing and following production tool and/or electronic meal tallies/differentials for food preparation

• Explaining basic therapeutic diet orders and menus and responding to questions from patients and family members. Escalating additional patient nutrition questions or needs to appropriate clinical support team members.

• Collecting patient food preferences and ensuring compliance with prescribed diet orders. Distributing food preferences to the kitchen for menu planning in a timely manner.

• Operating electronic diet office software and tools following established procedures and protocols.

• Navigating electronic health records to access patient diet orders and nutritional reports.

• Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., cleaning the tray line, equipment, coolers, office area, and emptying trash cans, etc.)

Job Requirements

Required

• One (1) year of Food Service Experience

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or

• High School GED General Studies, upon hire and

• Customer Service Experience

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay Range

$15.67 - $22.14 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.