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Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.     

When we do everything in service of our patients and caregivers, no detail gets ignored. As a Nutrition Services Assistant on our team, your job will be to create a healing environment and nutritious food — just like our patients have come to expect. For you, that means joining a team that’s focused on delivering world-class care. In this role, you will support the team in keeping items stocked and maintained at appropriate temperatures, help with questions and support the check-out process. All the while, we’ll provide you with opportunities to keep advancing your career. 

A PRN caregiver in this position works varying hours between 6:00AM – 8:30PM, including rotating weekends and holidays, depending on business needs. This caregiver will average 24-32 hours per week. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Perform a variety of duties related to the set-up, delivery and food service. 

• Assist with daily dietary requests and needs of patients, visitors and caregivers.  

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.  

• Prepare, set up and replenish steam table, salad bar, cooler, baker’s racks, coffee area, condiments and silverware throughout the meal period.  

• Make pizzas to order and maintain all ingredients.  

• Set up and support catering events.  

• Maintain the register and proper cash handling with overages/shortages of less than 1.5% of total drawer.  

• Ensure proper food temperature using calibrated thermometers.  

• Rotate, prepare and label all leftover food.  

• Set up, serve and collect dinner patient trays.  

• Complete cleaning assignments.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Good reading and writing skills 

• Ability to add, subtract and handle other arithmetic functions 

• Basic computer skills 

• Can accurately measure and portion formula and food 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• High School Diploma or GED 

• Two years of experience in nutrition in a healthcare setting 

• Prior customer service experience 

Physical Requirements:

• Able to stand on feet for 8 hours; push carts loaded with food and service related equipment and stock; able to lift items up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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