Patient Nutrition Aide II: Safe Meals & Compassionate Service

CommonSpirit Health; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA seeks a Nutrition Assistant to support high-quality food service for patients and staff.

You will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food preparation, ensure food safety, and communicate with patients about dietary needs, while upholding cleanliness and accuracy across the diet orders.

Attention to detail, strong customer service, and knowledge of therapeutic diets help ensure a positive dining experience and compliant nutrition care.

Qualifications

• One (1) year of Food Service Experience
• High School Diploma/GED
• Customer Service Experience

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes.
• Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation.
• 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.

Skills

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Dignity Health - Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA seeks a Nutrition Assistant to support high-quality food service for patients and staff.

You will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food preparation, ensure food safety, and communicate with patients about dietary needs, while upholding cleanliness and accuracy across the diet orders.

Attention to detail, strong customer service, and knowledge of therapeutic diets help ensure a positive dining experience and compliant nutrition care.