Nutrition Technician

Banner Health; Sun City (AZ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health is seeking a Nutrition Technician at Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, AZ to provide patients with menus and tray/patient meal service. You will coordinate with dietary staff, deliver meals, and support diet office processes for accurate patient orders.

The role requires understanding of nutrition services, modified diets, and strong customer service, with weekend shift differentials and 8-hour day shifts. Prior RSA/kitchen hospital experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Understanding of nutrition services and modified diets.
• Ability to lead assignments in supervisor's absence.
• Proficiency with business software and POS systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide patients with menu and tray meal service according to diet orders.
• Edit patient menus and prepare production sheets for the kitchen.
• Lead in tray assembly and patient meal service while ensuring quality and menu compliance.
• Deliver meals to patient rooms and handle special requests as needed.
• Follow diet office processes and coordinate with dietary staff during evening/weekend shifts.

Skills

RSA/kitchen experience

Customer service

Nutrition services knowledge

Leadership ability

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

POS systems

Diet office software

Job description

Primary City/State:

Sun City, Arizona

Department Name:

Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work®, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

One might be surprised by the number of people – and the hats they wear – who work behind the scenes to make sure a hospital runs smoothly and safely for our patients, visitors and staff. Each one plays a critical role and is part of a team to ensure the best care for our patients. As a Nutrition Technician, you will be a part of a cohesive team that strives to achieve premier patient services.

You will be overseeing the Tray Line and loading trays onto deliver carts for Room Service Attendants; coordinating deliveries to patients based on best practices and rhythms while problem solving when issues arise.

Preferred Qualifications-

Experience as RSA or kitchen within in the hospital setting or similar experience

Shift: 8 Hours

Friday- Tuesday 530a to 2pm-- Wednesday Thursday off

You will enjoy an additional $1/hour weekend shift differential for all weekend shifts (and an 18%-night shift differential if/when applicable).

Banner Boswell Medical Center has provided exceptional health care to the communities in the northwest area of metro-Phoenix for over five decades. Today, our 410-bed acute-care hospital is nationally recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Arizona’s Best Hospitals. Banner Boswell offers a full range of acute care services, including cardiology, vascular, thoracic, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, general surgery, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, emergency, stroke, intensive care, pulmonary, urology, and inpatient wound management. We've earned the Society of Thoracic Surgeons highest quality award for CABG & aortic valve replacement and the Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for providing patients with menu and tray/patient meal service, for receiving and forwarding patient requests and communication to dietary staff when appropriate. Works to provide patient satisfaction with dietary and food services. This position is responsible for the diet office processes and may provide lead responsibility for diet office in absence of supervisor including making assignments for position coverage.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Visits patients to obtain or discuss menu selections based upon diet ordered. Using judgment, checks that patient selections are appropriate to the defined selections for the diet prescribed, and makes modified diet decisions whether in the diet office or on the patient unit as required. Enters or records all daily patient meal selections and preferences for one or more patient units. Provides patients with standard information for prescribed diet. Requests Dietary staff assistance when needed.

2. Provides diet office processing including editing patient menus, tallying daily menu item counts from patient menus and preparing production sheets.

3. May lead in patient tray assembly/patient meal service process, assure food presentation meets quality standards, and check patient trays for menu compliance. Position is responsible for the diet office processes.

4. May delivers and serves meals while making independent judgments about special requests, snacks and nourishments as assigned to patient rooms or nursing units.

5. Under minimal supervision, this position interacts with patients and families, other food service staff, nursing staff, and dietary staff. Requires the ability to follow a work routine with minimal supervision, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining dietary, food quality and sanitation standards. Ensures that the diet office processes are completed and may provide lead responsibility in absence of supervisor, typically during evening and/or weekend shifts.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Requires reading, writing and mathematical skills.

Requires an understanding of nutrition services, common modified diets, and portion measures. Skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services typically gained through 3 years of related experience and/or education.

Ability to effectively lead assignments and reschedule staff assignments in the absence of supervisor as required. Requires the ability to work effectively with business computer software system and point of sale systems. Requires the ability to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required. Must have demonstrated effective customer service skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Additional skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services preferred. Bilingual skills preferred in some assignments.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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