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Nutrition Assistant I

Dignity Health

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Compensation
$25/hr
Location
Multiple U.S. locations
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Nutrition Assistant supports food services for patients and staff by preparing and delivering meal trays, assisting with food preparation, maintaining cleanliness and food safety, and responding to patients’ dietary needs. The role may also include cashiering, retail service, cold food preparation, dishwashing, catering, inventory support, and general cleaning. The position is based at Mercy McMahon Terrace in Sacramento.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Food SafetyFood PreparationFood ServiceAttention to DetailCustomer Service

Qualifications

High School General Studies or GED or Equivalent Education and Experience

Full job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Nutrition Assistant, you will assist in delivering high-quality, safe, and efficient food services to patients and staff.

Every day you will prepare and deliver meal trays, assist with food preparation, maintain cleanliness, ensure food safety compliance, and interact with patients regarding dietary needs.

To be successful, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, strong food safety knowledge, and excellent customer service, contributing to a positive dining experience.

  • Follows healthcare foodservice 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 personal hygiene requirements. Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations & facility guidelines.

  • Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu & dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment. Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.

  • Follows organizational standards and guidelines for a high quality patient and customer experience. Ensures proper meal portioning and an aesthetically pleasing presentation

  • May be responsible for one or more of the following:

  • Cashiering

  • Serving in the retail area

  • Assembling, delivering and retrieving patient trays

  • Performing cold food prep

  • Performing utility assignments (e.g., dishwashing, washing pots & pans, maintaining equipment)

  • Performing catering functions and or delivering/picking up catered food

  • Supporting inventory maintenance duties

  • Performing general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., mopping, sweeping, emptying trash cans, etc.)

Job Requirements

Required

  • High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or

  • High School GED General Studies, upon hire or

  • Equivalent combination of education and experience

  • None, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Mercy McMahon Terrace is located adjacent to Mercy General Hospital in the heart of East Sacramento. By providing quality care services through its assisted living program, along with the maintenance-free lifestyle available with independent living, residents at Mercy McMahon Terrace are free to focus their energy on living their life to the fullest. With nurses on staff for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the care at Mercy McMahon Terrace goes beyond what many senior communities can provide. For more information, visit here (http://www.mercymcmahonterrace.org) www.mercymcmahonterrace.org.

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Pay Range

$25.00 - $25.00 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,821 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25/hr
  • California median$22–24/hr140 hourly ranges
  • US median$17–19/hr1,934 hourly ranges

This rate, $25/hr, is 9% above the California median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Food Service hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 180 open Food Service jobs in California and 3,821 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (538 postings).
Education
21 of the 3,821 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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