Nutrition Services Tech

About the Role

Join our Nutrition Services team at Corewell Health and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families by participating in all aspects of patient meal service.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains serving lines including dishes, silverware, hot and cold food items, condiments.
• Prepares and assembles cold food items such as salads, desserts and nourishments, ensuring proper storage, refrigeration, and dating.
• Serves food as directed, replenishing items as needed.
• Disassembles and cleans food stations after use by wiping counters, steam tables and warmers.
• Sets up and operates the cash register station and cash handling equipment for accurate payment collection.
• Counts and balances the cash register, records totals, and deposits money.
• Performs routine and heavy-duty cleaning, including washing, scraping, scouring, and rinsing pots, pans, utensils, and other equipment.
• Loads, operates, and unloads the dishwasher.
• Checks and stores all clean equipment in an orderly fashion.
• Cleans major equipment such as ovens, grills, dish machine, steam tables, and mixers.
• Transports refuse and/or other materials in large carts safely.
• Maintains sanitary conditions through daily cleaning assignments, including sweeping, mopping, and operating the mechanical floor cleaner.
• Sets up and delivers food carts to patient and other food delivery areas.
• Retrieves carts and returns them to the dish room for cleaning.
• Strips patient and cafeteria trays and sorts soiled equipment in preparation for cleaning.
• Works assigned station on the tray line, assembling patient trays according to established standards and meeting dietary requirements with speed, accuracy, and proper appearance.
• Delivers trays to patients, verifying room numbers, bed numbers, birth dates, and patient names.
• Routinely participates in quality monitoring activities, such as taking and recording food, refrigeration, and dish machine temperatures.

Qualifications

• Excellent written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Time management and organizational skills.
• Self-directed.
• Ability to make quality, independent decisions.
• Analytical and strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines, high volumes, and multiple interruptions.
• Ability to maintain the strictest confidentiality.
• High School Diploma or equivalent (Preferred).
• Ability to speak, read, and write the English language (Preferred).