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Nutrition Services Team Member

Part-Time 1st Shift 24 Hours/Week Prepares food for patients, staff, and catered meals in a safe and sanitary manner. Use standardized recipes, proper portioning, and frequent checking for quality standards. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Join our Nutrition Services team and find out what it means to be "Right Here". A career at St. Elizabeth means inspiring hope and healing in those who need it most. You'll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career.

With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region, St. Elizabeth is a place where nurses can flourish, and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administration's commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.

• Preparation: Estimate amount to be served and obtain food from storage areas, convert recipes to yield appropriate quantity. Wash, peel, cut and prepare raw ingredients. Use proper knife skills for meats, produce and portion sizing. Set-up to station to meet service times. Demonstrate organization and ability to multi-task.
• Production: Utilize basic cooking skills such as: sauting, grilling, baking, steaming, poaching, microwaving and other techniques as required to produce recipes. Season and cook food according to recipes and/or experience, determine doneness using methods such as tasting, cooking time/temperature, or reading internal temperature with thermometer.
• Service: Read and prepare food orders in a timely and accurate manner. Portion, arrange and garnish food using proper utensils. Support team production to meet service needs. Maintain professionalism at all times, including busy periods and emergencies.
• Kitchen Safety: Monitor equipment for defects, damage or misuse and report maintenance needs to supervisors. Maintain equipment for safe and proper use to prevent injuries.
• Food Safety: Monitor temperatures of hot and cold food items, properly label, date, rotate, and store all food items according to policy. Handle ready to eat items applying knowledge of safe service to account for cross-contamination, food allergens, time/temperature sensitivity, and for serving a high risk population.
• Cleanliness: Maintain clean and sanitary work area by monitoring tables, shelves, drawers, cooking equipment, storage bins, cutting boards, refrigeration equipment, floors, walls, ceilings, trash bins, cardboard, side towels, oven mitts, station cleaning and sanitizing solutions.
• Quality: Compliance with all local, state, federal and medical center regulatory, safety, sanitation and security standards. Participate in performance improvement (PI) studies, assist with data collection and supports action plans.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses: High school diploma or GED required

• Ability to read with comprehension and follow written and verbal instructions

• 12 months in food service preparation

Non-Exempt Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.