Nutrition Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Nutrition Specialist to join our team at Tomah Health. As a key member of our Nutrition Services department, you will be responsible for ensuring the production and service of high-quality meals for patients, guests, and employees while adhering to food safety and diet guidelines.

• Know and follow hospital and department policies and procedures, including safety standards and fire and disaster plans.
• Cooperate with other Nutrition Services staff to assure efficient use of time and resources.
• Maintain communication and good working relationships interdepartmentally to meet patient's dietary needs and organizational food and beverage needs.
• Oversee cafeteria operation to assure high quality and efficient food service.
• Prepare and serve food, act as cashier, and operate cash register.
• Demonstrate understanding and working knowledge of proper preparation techniques for therapeutic and mechanically altered diets for patient meal service.
• Demonstrate understanding and working knowledge of electronic food management software to maintain patient diet information and individualized patient dietary needs.
• Take patient orders, assemble patient meals, and deliver patient meals while providing excellent customer service and ensuring accuracy.
• Timely preparation of appropriate quantities of aesthetically pleasing and nutritious foods for Tomah Health patients, guests, and employees.
• Produce and portion all food items necessary for patient meals, patient nourishments, cafeteria, and special functions.
• Operate electrical and steam cooking equipment and dishwashers.
• Use food preparation techniques which conserve nutrients, flavor, and appearance.
• Utilize measures to control food costs and waste, including following standardized recipes and portion control.
• Follow and maintain basic safety and sanitation principles in the preparation and storage of food.
• Take measures to assure and maintain quality of stock, including timely appropriate storage of perishables.
• Perform assigned cleaning tasks and major cleaning/equipment sanitation projects.
• Train new employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Previous customer service experience required.
• Computer/keyboard skills required. Must have the ability to operate in a Windows environment.
• Two years' institutional food service experience preferred.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Must have the ability to work with frequent interruptions, under stress and with minimal supervision.
• Must have the ability to read, write and communicate well.

The position involves almost constant standing, walking and reaching with occasional sitting, bending, stooping and squatting with kneeling seldom. The position frequently involves lifting and/or carrying items weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally 30-50 pounds. Lifts frequently occur from 30-50 inches, occasionally from 50-80 inches and seldom from 30 inches to the floor. Handles temperature variations from freezer of -10 to ovens of 500 degrees.