Job Summary

• Cost Accounting Type : Variable Direct
• Exempt : No
• Under the direct supervision of the Director of Nutritional Services, prepares, re-heats, portions, garnishes food needed for patients and cafeteria clients, following proper food handling and preparation principles to insure food safety.

Delivers trays and nourishments to patients. Responsible for maintaining NSS Card File with diet information.

Standards of Behavior

Line of Responsibility and Authority

LINE OF AUTHORITY : Nutrition Assistant - Director of Nutritional Services, Dietitian

Licenses and Certifications

Professionalism and Self-Development

Education and Qualifications

• EDUCATION : High School Diploma or GED Preferred
• EXPERIENCE : Food service experience desired.
• QUALIFICATIONS : Able to abide by established health and safety guideline
• QUALIFICATIONS : Able to maintain positive professional manner in dealing with patients, hospital staff, doctors, visitors and vendors at all time often involving stressful situations (in person and by phone)
• QUALIFICATIONSs : Able to organize and maintain good follow-up
• QUALIFICATIONS : Able to work as a team player, finding ways to work together to meet all cafeteria, catering and patient needs
• QUALIFICATIONS : Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• QUALIFICATIONS : Demonstrated proficiency in all aspects of food service including patient diets, cold food prep, cash register operation, and inventory

Physical Requirements / Work Environment / Use of Senses and Communications Skills

ACCOMMODATIONS : The physical demands and work environment characteristics are described here are representative of those an employee typically encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key responsibilities and essential functions.

• CONFIDENTIALITY : Employee must conform with all HIPAA and other confidentiality regulations as required by the job, department, or hospital
• EQUIPMENT USED : General office equipment, including computer, printer, calculator, copy machine and other office equipment.
• EQUIPMENT USED : Kitchen equipment including stove, mixers, blenders, grills, grinders, steams, oven, slicer and dishwashing equipment.
• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS : This job requires frequent standing, walking, reaching, talking, and hearing, and occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing, working from ladders, using hands to handle and feel objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms.

Vision requirements include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will occasionally lift boxes and / or supplies weighing up to 80 pounds.

The employee must demonstrate a lift of a 50 pound box from the floor.

POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS : Category 3 for potential exposure to blood / body fluids. (Does not require the performance of procedures or other tasks in the work routine that involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, and the assisting in cases of emergency medical care or first aid is not a requirement of employment.

Tasks that involve handling of implements or utensils, use of the public or shared bathroom facilities, telephones, and personal contacts such as handshaking, are all considered Category 3

Job Roles

Nutrition Assistant (AHCL)

• Always keeps waste and over production to a minimum. Utilizes left over food items.
• Fills out daily order guides.
• Maintains and meets expectations on time for all competencies, license, certifications and education requirements as outlined by local administration, Adventist Health (AH), The Joint Commission (TJC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and all other regulatory Agencies.
• Plans re-heating schedule to ensure that food will be ready at specified times, therefore not causing a delay in starting a catering function, serving the cafeteria and / or patients receiving their meals.
• Serves food on tray line following prescribed diets honoring patient individual preferences and information obtained by dietitian.

Serves food in cafeteria using correct portion sizes.

Washes pots and pans, clean according to established policy and procedures. Able to maintain a clean work area and completes assigned cleaning duties.

Wash dishes and clean up area used during the shift. Helps clean up catering functions.

Willingly performs other duties and innovations as assigned.

Job Requirements :

Organizational Requirements :

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc.

as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Last updated : 2024-06-13