Nutrition Assistant 1 at CommonSpirit Health

Where Youll WorkDominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of Californias Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology womens and childrens services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive Care Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominicans services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives A grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. As Santa Cruz Countys heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospitals heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patients chest. Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.One Community. One Mission. One CaliforniaJob Summary and ResponsibilitiesAs our Nutrition Assistant you will directly interact with patients and visitors ensuring all dining areas are safely sanitized well-stocked and food is appropriately prepared taking pride in offering comfort and support.Every day you will serve nutritious food meticulously setting up patient trays per menus and requests including dietary restrictions. You will maintain sanitized food handling areas accurately portion meals support team members across food services functions and manage dish collection and cleaning.To be successful in this role you will possess strong knowledge of food preparation and production enjoy helping others and thrive in a fast-paced environment demonstrating keen attention to detail and a commitment to safety and excellent service.Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards regulations guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking holding and storage processes. Avoids cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements. Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment and machinery per regulations & facility guidelines.Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentationMay be responsible for one or more of the following:CashieringServing in the retail areaAssembling delivering and retrieving patient traysPerforming cold food prepPerforming utility assignments (e.g. dishwashing washing pots & pans maintaining equipment)Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered foodSupporting inventory maintenance dutiesPerforming general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g. mopping sweeping emptying trash cans etc.)Job RequirementsRequiredHigh School Graduate General Studies upon hire orHigh School GED General Studies upon hire orEquivalent combination of education and experience None upon hire Key Skills Fashion Retail,Engineering,IFRS,Axapta,Computing Employment Type : Unclear Experience: years Vacancy: 1