Job Description:

This position is responsible to lead the Culinary Services team or service line when other leadership is not on-site within the Culinary Services department while fulfilling the role of the Nutrition Care Associate.

This position may be responsible for ordering and rotating supplies, and for planning, organizing, and facilitating catering functions and/or leading a satellite café location. Supports facility efforts to improve the patient and guest experience.



At Intermountain, we are not your standard institutional hospital food. Our hospitals employ professional chefs, culinary leaders, cooks, and nutrition care associates. We treat our hospitals like hotels, with restaurant-quality cafes and a guest-centric culture of hospitality for our patients and caregivers.

With high-quality food as medicine, we bring a new life into the world of hospital nutrition services and are making a difference in the lives of our patients every day. We not only care for patients, but we also care for and about our colleagues, which is why we offer many culinary and healthcare career opportunities!

Work Schedule

Full Time, 36 hours per weekWork Schedule: Monday-Friday 10am-6pmRequired: Rotating weekendsBenefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details

Essential Functions

Leads and maintains workflow of assigned area and ensures tasks are completed.Resolves immediate issues such as service recovery, coaching/redirecting caregivers, and rearranging staffing. Escalates to manager as appropriate.Participates in orienting, training, scheduling, coaching, and leading employees as appropriate.Ensures that department standards for quality, sanitation, and safety are met.Communicates issues with the appropriate members of management.Contributes to achievement of consumer satisfaction goals, patient engagement goals .Responsible to implement, under the direction of the Nutrition Services Manager, best practice, system-level initiatives.

Skills

NutritionFood ServicesCulinary ArtsDietsPeople ManagementService RecoveryCustomer ServiceOrganizingCommunicationReading

Qualifications

Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification is required by first day of workServSafe certification obtained within 90 days of hire date if not current.One or more year of experience as a Lead in the food industry preferred.Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.Demonstrated ability to lead and work independently as well as part of a team.Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applicationsUnderstands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlinesDemonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)Understands modified diets (preferred)Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location:

Intermountain Health American Fork Hospital

Work City:

American Fork

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$19.95 - $26.38

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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