Job Summary: Successfully lead Dietary department in the areas of staffing, operations, and strategy to ensure nutritional services are aligned with the needs of our patients and employees
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ensuring meals are prepared according to standardized recipes and dietary requirements
- Directs dietary staff to perform daily functions to meet needs for patients, visitors, and staff
- Coordinating catering services for hospital events and meetings
- Ensure dietary staff is following food code and dietary policies/procedures and consults with Dietary Oversight to ensure compliance and policies are up to date
- Makes frequent inspection of all work, storage and servicing areas to determine that regulations and directions governing food service activities are followed.
- Develop and implement dietary policies and procedures
- Monitor and develop CQI performance standards for dietary department
- Handles budgeting and purchasing of food supplies and equipment
- Performs supervisory functions, including but not limited to, payroll/timekeeping operations, making employment decisions regarding hiring, promoting, demoting and terminating, conducting performance appraisals and coaching and developing associates
Education Experience: HS Graduate or Equivalent
Years of Related Experience: 1-2 Years
License/Certificate Required: Yes
Job Requirements:
- Food Safety Certification
- Maintain certifications and continuing education requirements
- Strong communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- Degree in food service management, nutrition, or a related field
- Previous leadership and budgeting experience
