Food and Nutrition Assistant
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Job overview
Good Samaritan is hiring a Food and Nutrition Assistant. The Food and Nutrition Assistant at Salem Lutheran Homes & Rehab assists with serving nutritious meals to residents, preparing menu items, and maintaining dining areas. This role involves cleaning duties, operating kitchen equipment safely, and adhering to infection control procedures. The assistant also observes and documents food intake, reports resident conditions, and uses EMR accurately.
Key focus areas include Assist with serving nutritious, appealing meals to residents, Assist with preparing menu items, snacks and supplements following physician's orders, standards and regulations, and Clear tables, sanitize equipment and tables.
Successful candidates bring Measure Quantities Ability and Basic Communication. Important skills include Measure Quantities, Communicate, and Comprehend. Preferred (not required): EMR.
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Full job description
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Join our not-for-profit organization that has provided over 100 years of housing and services to seniors with a commitment to quality care and service in a Christian environment.
Location: Salem Lutheran Homes & Rehab Address: 2027 College St, Elk Horn, IA 51531-0000 USA Employment Type: PRN Shift: Day
Job Responsibilities
Assists with serving nutritious, appealing meals to residents. Assists with preparing menu items, snacks and supplements following physician's orders, standards and regulations. Clears tables, sanitizes equipment and tables; other cleaning duties as assigned in dining area and in kitchen / work area, including wash, dry, and restock dishes, pots and pans and clean kitchen /dining areas and emptying trash as assigned. Keeps residents' dining areas pleasant and orderly. Maintains residents' self-esteem, privacy and confidentiality of personal information. Provides residents with opportunities for independence and choice consistent with their care plans. Safeguards residents' property. Observes, measures and documents food intake as assigned. Receives and shares information; observes and reports residents' conditions to appropriate staff. Uses the EMR accurately. Checks equipment before use and notifies supervisors or maintenance staff of problems. Operates dishwashing and kitchen equipment safely. Follows location infection control procedures and OSHA and CDC guidelines that apply to blood borne pathogens while serving food, assisting residents and cleaning.
Qualifications
Prior work experience may not be required to be hired into this job.
Ability to measure and comprehend certain quantities.
Basic ability to communicate and comprehend.
Good Samaritan offers an attractive, employee-approved benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. The variety of benefits include health benefits, a retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, voluntary benefits and much more!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or other protected status. For more information including state-specific protections, please visit https//www.good-sam.com/lp/careers/eeo-and-affirmative-action
Division: DIETARY Req ID: req55086
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