<p>Primary City/State:</p> <p>Sun City West, Arizona</p> <p>Department Name:</p> <p>Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp</p> <p>Work Shift:</p> <p>Varied</p> <p>Job Category:</p> <p>Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary</p> <p>A rewarding career that fits your life</p> <p>Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.</p> <p>Banner Casa Grande Medical Center has a great opportunity for a Nutrition Technician. We are looking for dedicated individuals who are passionate about patient care and nutrition services. In this role, you'll be responsible for providing patients with menu selections, tray service, and ensuring patient satisfaction with dietary and food services. Our Nutrition Technicians are a very important part of our hospital staff, working directly with patients to support their nutritional needs and recovery. If you want to be part of a great team that makes a difference in the lives of our patients, apply today for this opportunity!</p> <p>Working as a Nutrition Technician, the environment can be very fast-paced and requires attention to detail. This role involves a lot of walking, standing, and interaction with patients throughout the day. You must be prepared for new challenges, have great communication skills with your team and medical staff, and be able to work independently while following established routines.</p> <p>Important Information:</p> <ul> <li>If offered the position, we do conduct a background check and drug screen </li><li>This position is very important at Banner Health; you must complete your onboarding in a timely manner or the job offer will be rescinded </li><li>It is required for all Banner Health employees to receive their annual Flu Vaccine. Questions regarding the exemption process, please ask the recruiter. </li></ul> <p>Shift Details</p> <p>Part- Time | 20 Hours/Week</p> <p>Schedule: 4 shifts of 5 hours 5:30-12 or 330-8pm</p> <p>Weekend and holiday are required in this role.</p> <p>Enjoy competitive shift differentials when applicable.</p> <p>Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center excels in providing extraordinary health care to residents of the northwest Valley of metro Phoenix and is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Phoenix's Best Hospitals. With 391 licensed beds, the hospital provides a wide range of services, including acute medical and surgical services as well as intensive care, emergency and urgent care, inpatient/outpatient surgery, cardiac catheterization, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, urology, pulmonary, obstetrics and gynecology, outpatient diagnostic services, and adult behavioral services.</p> <p>POSITION SUMMARY</p> <p>This position is responsible for providing patients with menu and tray/patient meal service, for receiving and forwarding patient requests and communication to dietary staff when appropriate. Works to provide patient satisfaction with dietary and food services. This position is responsible for the diet office processes and may provide lead responsibility for diet office in absence of supervisor including making assignments for position coverage.</p> <p>CORE FUNCTIONS</p> <ol> <li> <p>Visits patients to obtain or discuss menu selections based upon diet ordered. Using judgment, checks that patient selections are appropriate to the defined selections for the diet prescribed, and makes modified diet decisions whether in the diet office or on the patient unit as required. Enters or records all daily patient meal selections and preferences for one or more patient units. Provides patients with standard information for prescribed diet. Requests Dietary staff assistance when needed.</p> </li><li> <p>Provides diet office processing including editing patient menus, tallying daily menu item counts from patient menus and preparing production sheets.</p> </li><li> <p>May lead in patient tray assembly/patient meal service process, assure food presentation meets quality standards, and check patient trays for menu compliance. Position is responsible for the diet office processes.</p> </li><li> <p>May delivers and serves meals while making independent judgments about special requests, snacks and nourishments as assigned to patient rooms or nursing units.</p> </li><li> <p>Under minimal supervision, this position interacts with patients and families, other food service staff, nursing staff, and dietary staff. Requires the ability to follow a work routine with minimal supervision, to work quickly and correctly while providing good customer service and maintaining dietary, food quality and sanitation standards. Ensures that the diet office processes are completed and may provide lead responsibility in absence of supervisor, typically during evening and/or weekend shifts.</p> </li></ol> <p>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS</p> <p>High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Requires reading, writing and mathematical skills.</p> <p>Requires an understanding of nutrition services, common modified diets, and portion measures. Skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services typically gained through 3 years of related experience and/or education.</p> <p>Ability to effectively lead assignments and reschedule staff assignments in the absence of supervisor as required. Requires the ability to work effectively with business computer software system and point of sale systems. Requires the ability to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required. Must have demonstrated effective customer service skills.</p> <p>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</p> <p>Additional skills and knowledge in health care nutrition services preferred. Bilingual skills preferred in some assignments.</p> <p>Additional related education and/or experience preferred.</p> <p>EEO Statement:</p> <p>EEO/Disabled/Veterans</p> <p>Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.</p> <p>Privacy Policy:</p> <p>Privacy Policy</p>