Nutrition Assistant Lead

CommonSpirit Health; Little Rock, Northern (AR, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's CHI St. Vincent facility is seeking a Nutrition Assistant to support high-quality food service for patients and staff. You will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food prep, and help maintain a clean, safe kitchen environment while addressing patients’ dietary needs.

The role emphasizes meticulous attention to detail, strong food safety knowledge, and excellent customer service to ensure a positive dining experience within a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Two (2) years experience in food service, or one (1) year hospital nutrition experience.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to follow safety, hygiene, labeling and storage guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver meal trays; assist with food preparation.
• Maintain cleanliness and ensure food safety compliance.
• Interact with patients regarding dietary needs and dietary questions.
• Train new and existing employees; support leadership in performance reviews.

Skills

Attention to detail

Food safety knowledge

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or 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.

• Ensures employees follow healthcare food service industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Ensures processes and standards are met to avoid cross contamination. Ensures employees adhere to hygiene, food labeling, and food storage standards and maintains tools and equipment according to regulations and facility guidelines.
• Leads food and nutrition service employees including ensuring menu and diet accuracy, proper meal portioning, presentation and delivery, patient discharge follow-up, etc. Provides direction and development to staff not adhering to policies and procedures.
• Oversees food preparation and service to ensure the guidelines of menu and dietary requirements are met. Maintains foundational knowledge of recipe ingredients and food allergies in order to respond appropriately to dietary questions and concerns. Assists team members in applying organizational procedures and protocols to reduce the occurrence of errors related to dietary guidelines.
• Trains new and existing employees to follow departmental policies and procedures. Assesses training progress and provides constructive feedback for improved performance. Supports leadership in employee performance reviews. Supports leadership in the training of nutrition services team members related to areas such as therapeutic diets, retail responsibilities and other departmental areas.

Job Requirements

Required

• Two (2) years experience in food service or
• one (1) year hospital nutrition experience and
• None, upon hire or

Preferred

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

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.