Nutrition Service Aide

Prepares and portions food, assembles and disassembles patient trays in a safe manner. Serves customers, delivers, and retrieves patient trays.

Location: Fairview East Bank University Hospital, located in Minneapolis 

Hours: 40 hours biweekly

Schedule: evening shift

Week 1:

Monday - 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Tuesday - 4:00pm-8:00pm (trayline 5)

Wednesday - 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Saturday 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Sunday 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Week 2:

Monday - 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Thursday - 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 4)

Friday - 3:30pm-7:30pm (trayline 6)

Schedule and Job duties may change based on the needs of the operation.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and portions food appropriately for designated area.
• Prepares and portions correct amount of food as determined by tally.
• Follows recipes and portion guidelines.
• Presents food on appropriate dishware per department standards.
• Completes food preparation and portioning by time deadline established for department.
• Prepares and delivers patient nourishments and tube feeding per department standards.
• Documents appropriate production and service information.
• Plates and serves food.
• Accurately place correct item on tray in proper location in accordance with department productivity standards.
• Maneuvers carts in a safe manner.
• Accurately delivers and collect trays and documents in a timely manner as assigned by supervisors.
• Accurately assembles and delivers floor stock supplies with appropriate label and dates.
• Documents appropriate plating and service information.
• Handles and stores food in a safe manner following HACCP standard operating procedures.
• Follows established hand washing procedures.
• Wears gloves when preparing and serving food.
• Follows department dress and personal hygiene codes.
• Follows employee health guidelines to prevent disease transmission.
• Records/documents refrigerator and freezer temps as assigned and communicates unacceptable temps to supervisor.
• Stores and labels food following HACCP guidelines.
• Sanitizes equipment and work area per assigned schedules and designated procedures.
• Uses appropriate equipment and chemicals according to manufacturer’s recommendations.
• Understands and uses appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as recommended by manufacturer.
• Knows locations of MSDS sheets and can read and understand safety information therein.
• Gathers soiled laundry and place in assigned area for pick up.
• Maintains a clean as you go attitude and a clean work area throughout shift.
• Maintains separate clean and dirty areas in work area.
• Properly disposes of food waste and trash.
• Wash and sanitize dishes and utensils.
• Maintains proper temperatures to clean dishes per department standard.
• Documents temperatures based on department standards.
• Follows proper procedure to prevent cross contamination from dirty to clean area.
• Checks dishes for cleanliness.
• Stores dishes in designated area.
• Serves customers in cafeterias, doctors dining rooms and other non-patient locations.
• Properly operates cash register.
• Completes transactions to meet department productivity standards.
• Counts and balances cash drawer.
• Accurately handles transactions.
• Maintains department charging records.
• Greets and responds to customers’ needs with positive attitude and pleasant demeanor.
• Keeps areas stocked throughout service periods.
• Completes and documents assigned cleaning based on department standards.
• Documents appropriate production and service information.
• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing, using the English language.
• Basic math skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/afscme

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.