Nutrition Associate

Dining And Nutrition Services

MU Health Care is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team in Dining and Nutrition Services. The ideal candidate will possess a high degree of professionalism, a passion for customer satisfaction, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and privacy. We seek someone who greets everyone with a smile, embraces positivity, and excels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. If you are eager to learn, adaptable, and ready to master new skills, we want you! Join us in providing exceptional service and ensuring the highest standards of food safety and infection control. Be a part of a team that values excellence and makes a difference every day.

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system the only in mid-Missouri is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Employee benefits include health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one, generous paid leave and paid time off, multiple retirement options, tuition assistance, and discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more.

Detailed job description includes working with medical staff, other ancillary professional staff, departmental service staff, patients, visitors, and the general public. The role requires a high degree of professionalism focused on customer satisfaction, proper scripting while in contact with patients, family, and guests, and maintaining strict confidentiality and privacy of patient information. The employee will follow directives of Dining and Nutrition Services management team, perform cleaning activities within a health care environment, and perform all food service related activities such as transport of patient trays, delivery of patient trays, cashier, physician's dining room attendant, catering, food preparation, barista, line server, and patient tray assembly with accuracy in product preparation, service, portion control, label and dating - all while using food safety techniques to avoid cross contamination or risk of food borne illness. The employee will also perform cleaning and sanitation routines in an acute setting to include patient kitchen, retail kitchens, and shared (patient / retail) resource kitchens, and public dining rooms according to proper food safety procedures and standards and hospital specific standard precautions. For personal safety and the safety of others, the employee will follow proper infection control and PPE guidelines for the removal of food debris and items contaminated from body substances from soiled patient trays. The employee will maintain and operate equipment in a safe manner, avoid safety issues with staff, patients, and the general public, and report any food safety, environmental safety, or security / PCI / HIPPA issues discovered promptly to supervisor. The employee will recognize patient nutrition requirements and report any variances to the supervisor. The employee will maintain work area in a safe and clean manner according to regulatory agencies, ensure work area is inspection ready from any regulating agency, take immediate action to correct any deficient area when notified by supervisor or from inspections, keep equipment and area clean, sanitized, restocked, and in good working condition at end of shift, and complete unit / department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include the ability to read and write in English. Preferred qualifications include a high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired, University of Missouri Food Handler's certificate within one (1) month, and additional license / certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical demands include ambulating, remaining in a stationary position and positioning self to reach and / or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees, lifting and / or moving objects up to 10 lbs. and occasionally moving objects up to 25 lbs., and routine contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity : The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.