NUTRITION ASSISTANT 1

Dignity Health

Santa Cruz (CA)

On-site

USD 45,612 - 51,012

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading health care provider in Santa Cruz, CA is seeking a Nutrition Assistant 1. In this full-time role, you'll interact with patients, ensure food safety, and support food services. Duties include preparing meals, managing dining areas, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Ideal candidates have a strong knowledge of food preparation and a commitment to customer service. Join our mission to deliver exceptional care to our community.

Qualifications

Strong knowledge of food preparation and production.
Thrives in a fast-paced environment with attention to safety.
Enjoys helping others and working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

Interact with patients and visitors, ensuring dining areas are sanitized.
Prepare and serve nutritious food according to menus and dietary restrictions.
Maintain and store food properly to adhere to safety standards.

Skills

Knowledge of food preparation

Attention to detail

Ability to work in fast-paced environment

Customer service skills

Education

High School Graduate General Studies

High School GED General Studies

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

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Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Nutrition Assistant, you will directly interact with patients and visitors, ensuring all dining areas are safely sanitized, well‑stocked, and food is appropriately prepared, taking pride in offering comfort and support. Every day you will serve nutritious food, meticulously setting up patient trays per menus and requests, including dietary restrictions. You will maintain sanitized food handling areas, accurately portion meals, support team members across food services functions, and manage dish collection and cleaning. To be successful in this role, you will possess strong knowledge of food preparation and production, enjoy helping others, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment, demonstrating keen attention to detail and a commitment to safety and excellent service.

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 & facility guidelines.
Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.
Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation.
May be responsible for one or more of the following:

Cashiering
Serving in the retail area
Assembling, delivering and retrieving patient trays
Performing cold food prep
Performing utility assignments (e.g., dishwashing, washing pots & pans, maintaining equipment)
Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered food
Supporting inventory maintenance duties
Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., mopping, sweeping, emptying trash cans, etc.)

Job Requirements

High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
High School GED General Studies, upon hire or
Equivalent combination of education and experience
None, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222‑bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women’s and children’s services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care; Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.

Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$33.11 - $37.03 /hour

Seniority level