Nutrition Aide Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the nutrition aide opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for education on the principles of nutrition and diet, food safety, and physical activity to eligible participants.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Sets up patient tray assembly stations, reads menus, and accurately assembles trays so patients’ meal selection and diet prescriptions are followed
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbal and in writing
• Knowledge of food service in the healthcare setting highly preferred
• CT FOODHND = Clark County Health Card
• Hospital or healthcare facility experience is preferred
• Skilled in developing effective rapport with customers, co-workers, or families, actively listening to develop a pos
• Hospital or healthcare facility experience
• May prepare salads and cold plates for patient and café traylines

Please consider me for the nutrition aide opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for program leadership by recruiting participants and teaching in the subject matters of food and nutrition, food resource management and physical activity to eligible households.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Conduct inventory of all store room items on a daily basis for order requisitions
• Plates food
• Makes specialty smoothies, shakes, nourishemnts and any kind of beverages
• Work on trayline checking patient trays for accuracy of food ordered and placement of food on trays
• Works in the dishroom and cleaning up at the end of the shift
• Maintains needed documentation
• Serves customers in cafeterias, doctor’s dining rooms and other non-patient locations when needed
• Management Performance Criteria - Demonstrates the Mission of the Facility by providing quality care through accuracy in assembling resident food in servers and as "runner" after the meal

I am excited to be applying for the position of nutrition aide. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for basic diet information as patient interaction requires to facilitate patient understanding of foods that are compliant and non-compliant with diet order.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Ensure food is being labeled, dated and covered properly
• Distribute menus to patient
• Operates dish machine, working both the clean and dirty end of dish machine
• Serves customers in patient and non-patient locations
• Serves customers in cafeterias, and in-patient units
• Follows tray passing script while traypassing
• Follows HIPAA policy at all times while working with patient information
• Interacts with the patients and their families

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the nutrition aide position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for brief explanation of prescribed diet and/or purpose of meal patterns as needed those inquiring about diet.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Interacts with the Nursing staff
• Helps in cleaning and maintaining the carts on the units and in the kitchen
• Receive or reject deliveries from various venders based on condition
• Record condition of product received to include temperatures of food, condition of packaging, and monitor condition of delivery vehicle
• Stock according to the FIFO and HACCP Policies
• Clean, organize, and maintain storeroom, walk-in coolers, and fountain drink refill station (replace bag in a box)
• Discard expired or unserviceable food items
• Fill Stock orders internal and external customers

In response to your job posting for nutrition aide, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support to educators in the field by regarding nutrition, healthy eating, and food preparation through email and telephone responses.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Application of Knowledge Performance Criteria - Demonstrates accuracy in portion control
• Management Performance Criteria - Complies with departmental dress code
• Collaboration Performance Criteria - Maintains a positive attitude in work place
• Collaboration Performance Criteria - Cooperates with fellow employees to complete post-meal cleanup tasks to trayline work stations
• Application of Knowledge Performance Criteria - Labels all food items with item name, date, time and initials
• Planning/Timeliness Performance Criteria - Obtains adequate food and supplies for the meal period to prevent interruption in service to resident meal operations
• Application of Knowledge Performance Criteria - Locks off elevator ONLY to transport patient food carts to and from the nursing units
• Planning/Timeliness Performance Criteria - Delivers food from the kitchen to the designated unit in a prompt, timely and safe manner