Nutrition Care Associate Per Diem

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/Graduate Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)
• At least one-year experience in hospital food service preferred
• Must be able to read, write, and understand instructions to perform responsibilities independently
• General knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
• Adequate attention to details and service knowledge
• Adequate communication and organization skills

Responsibilities

• Performs essential duties associated with the nutritional care and food service to all patients
• Prepares pediatric formula for pediatric unit
• Serves on the patient tray line
• Checks patient trays for accuracy during meal service
• Obtains meal choices and food preferences from patients and/or family members
• Delivers food items and formulas to the clinical units
• Enters patient’s meal selections into the menu system
• Removes trash and maintains general kitchen sanitation
• Follows regulatory guidelines for the safe handling of food, dishware and chemicals
• Retrieves all equipment, small wares and trays from assigned floors and brings it back to the dish room to be washed and sanitized correctly
• Cleans mobile food cart at the end of every meal
• Performs other duties as assigned