Nutrition Assistant II Wknd

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

Job summary

CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, NE is seeking a Nutrition Assistant to help deliver safe, high‑quality patient meals and support staff dining operations.

You will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food prep, maintain cleanliness, ensure food safety, and respond to dietary requests, with a focus on patient comfort and excellent service. This role requires attention to detail and the ability to work with clinical teams to accommodate therapeutic diets.

Qualifications

• Customer service experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of food safety best practices is required to ensure safe patient meals.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves food following menu and dietary guidelines.
• Maintains cleanliness and food safety compliance throughout service.
• Ensures accurate meal portioning and appealing presentation.
• Responds to patient dietary questions and escalates to clinical staff when needed.
• Operates foodservice software and maintains documentation for trays and diets.
• Performs routine cleaning of equipment and work areas.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma

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

Required

• One (1) year of Food Service Experience and

• Food Handler Permit: NE, within 30 Days

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or

• High School GED General Studies, upon hire and

• Customer Service Experience

Where You'll Work

CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women's health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience.

Pay Range

$15.67 - $22.14 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.