Nutrition Assistant II

CommonSpirit Health; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 32,654 - 46,050; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy is seeking a Nutrition Assistant to support patient and staff meals. You will prepare and deliver trays, assist with food prep, and help ensure food safety and accuracy of dietary orders.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, strong customer service, and teamwork in a busy hospital kitchen. On-site position in Omaha, with competitive hourly pay and opportunities to learn about therapeutic diets and hospital foodservice operations.

Qualifications

• One year of food service experience.
• None, upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves food per menu and dietary guidelines using kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to allergy questions.
• Follows healthcare foodservice standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures.
• Avoids cross-contamination and adheres to personal hygiene requirements; labels and stores food equipment per guidelines.
• Follows standards for high quality patient and customer experience and presentation; ensures proper meal portioning and presentation.
• Escalates issues to leadership as needed.
• Assists with therapeutic diet orders and menu questions from patients and families.
• Prints, provides, and follows production tools or electronic tallies for food prep.
• Uses electronic diet office software and navigates electronic health records to access diet orders and nutritional reports.
• Performs general cleaning of equipment and work areas.

Skills

Food Service Experience

Customer Service Experience

Education

High School Graduate

High School GED

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

• One (1) year of Food Service Experience
• None, upon hire

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire
• 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