Dietary Tech

HCA Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, TX is seeking a Diet Technician to support nutrition services for patients, staff, and visitors. You will prepare meals, manage dietary orders, assist with events, and ensure accurate dietary data is communicated to Dietitians.

A strong focus on customer service and food safety is required. Join a compassionate hospital team and contribute to patient care in a busy clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Food Handlers Permit or ServSafe Certification is required.
• Food service, hospital diet office, and cash register experience preferred.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.
• Must pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver food trays to hospital patients.
• Obtain food orders and determine apportioned items for specific diets.
• Record daily dietary data and share with Dietitians regarding patient needs.
• Assist with catering events.
• Assist customers with cash register food purchases.
• Wash dishes and clean work areas, counters, and equipment.
• Receive shipments and properly store food and supplies.
• Inventory and stock items in various hospital areas.
• Provide efficient, friendly customer service.
• Assist with pots and pans.

Skills

Food service

Cash handling

Customer service

Inventory management

Dishwashing

Food safety

English proficiency

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

**As a Diet Technician at our facility you will have the opportunity to be both a nutrition professional and a caregiver, providing delicious and nutritious meals for patients, staff, and others when they need it most. You will be joining a hard-working and compassionate team that is so vital for the day-to-day functions of our hospital. In this role:**

• **You will prepare and deliver food trays to hospital patients.**
• **You will obtain food orders from patients and determine/place apportioned, prepared items needed for specific diets on trays and examine the trays for accuracy.**
• **You will record daily dietary data for patients and provide pertinent diet information to Dietitiansregardingthe special needs of patients.**
• **You willassistwith catering events.**
• **You willassistcustomers with cashregisterfood purchases.**
• **You will wash dishes and clean work areas, counters, and equipment.**
• **You will receive shipments andproperlystorefoodand supplies.**
• **You will inventory and stock items needed in various areas of the hospital.**
• **You will ensure client,customerservice/satisfaction by providing efficient, friendly customer service.**
• **You willassistwithpots and pans.**

What qualifications you will need:

• **Food Handlers Permit orServSafeCertificationrequired.**
• **Food service, hospital diet office, and cash register experience preferred.**
• **Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.**
• **Must be able to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen**

Benefits

Del Sol Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Del Sol Medical Center (https://laspalmasdelsolhealthcare.com/location/del-sol-medical-center/) is a full service, acute-care hospital in east El Paso, Texas. We have a Level II trauma designation. This facility has 300+ patient beds. Our range of services (https://laspalmasdelsolhealthcare.com/locations/del-sol-medical-center/services.dot) include emergency care, cardiac care, women’s services, Level III NICU, rehabilitation, a bariatric clinic (https://loseweightelpaso.com/) , and a Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. Del Sol Medical Center is part of Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare. We are a leading healthcare provider for El Paso and the surrounding region that is part of HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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