Nutrition Assistant II

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington our team includes 18000 staff and nearly 5000 employed physicians and affiliated providers.

At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.

While youre busy impacting the healthcare industry well take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision FSA matching retirement plans paid vacation adoption assistanceannual bonus eligibilityand more!

Job Summary:

This job is responsible for participating and supporting all aspects of healthcare food service operations. Works with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care and demonstrates excellent customer service to patients guests and staff. Follows the diet manual handbook and diet spreadsheets to ensure therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet order.

Essential Job Functions:

• Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.
• Follows healthcare food service 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 persona hygiene requirements; maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment and machinery per regulations and facility guidelines.
• Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience; ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation; provides service recovery efforts and escalates to leadership as needed.

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. Supports/performs all department tasks as needed including general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g. cleaning the tray line equipment coolers office area and emptying trash cans etc.)

Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

Education/Work Experience Requirements:

High school diploma/GED or equivalent combination of education and experience and TWO (2) YEARS food service experience.

Licensure/Certification:

• Washington State Food Handler Permit upon hire.