Nutrition Assistant Lead

St. Luke's Hospital - The Woodlands; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Hospital - The Woodlands is seeking a supervisor to lead the daily operations of Nutrition Assistants and nutrition support staff, ensuring efficient service and regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with hospital teams to support therapeutic meals and provide excellent patient, guest, and staff service.

The role includes ensuring menu and diet accuracy, training staff, and maintaining food safety standards to deliver high-quality nutrition care across the unit.

Qualifications

• Two years experience in food service or one year hospital nutrition experience.
• High School Diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads the daily operations of Nutrition Assistants and nutrition support staff to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Supports all aspects of healthcare food service operations and collaborates with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care.
• Ensures therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet orders by following the diet manual and diet spreadsheets.
• Trains and develops staff; supports performance reviews and onboarding of nutrition services team members.

Skills

Food service experience

Nutrition experience

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Leads the daily operations of Nutrition Assistants and nutrition support staff to assist in ensuring operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.Participates in and supports all aspects of healthcare food service operations. Works with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care and demonstrates excellent customer service to patients, guests and staff.Follows diet manual handbook and diet spreadsheets to ensure therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet order.

Essential Function

• 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

Preferred

• High School Graduate or High School GED

Where You'll Work

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245 bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. The hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, and is proud to serve as the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center. The hospital was awarded an “A” hospital safety grade by The Leapfrog Group in both 2023 and 2025. Clinical services provided include cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, women’s services (digital mammography and bone density studies), neurosciences, pediatric care (Newborn and Level III nurseries), surgery, pathology and pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services.

Pay Range

$19.49 - $27.52 /hour