Patient-Centric 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

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.