Director of Nutrition Services

Overview

St. Josephs Medical Center is a member of Dignity Health. The word dignity perfectly defines what our organization stands for showing respect for all people by providing excellent care.

St. Josephs Medical Center was founded in 1899 under the direction of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael is a not for profit fully accredited regional hospital with 395 beds a physician staff of over 400 and more than 2400 employees.

Specializing in cardiovascular care comprehensive cancer services and women and childrens services including neonatal intensive care.

St. Josephs is the largest hospital as well as the largest private employer in Stockton California. Nationally recognized as a quality lead St.

Josephs is consistently chosen as the most preferred hospital by local consumers.

Responsibilities

Job Summary :

The Director of Nutrition Services at St. Josph's Medical Center plans, administers and directs all location activities related to food service including financial accountability, compliance with standards established by the CommonSpirit Health and regulatory agencies.

Leads food and nutrition services departments. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified food and nutrition (dietary) service experience for patients, residents, visitors and employees.

Has authority and delegated responsibility including, the daily management of the food services, implementing training programs for dietary staff and assuring that established policies and procedures are maintained.

Duties include, but are not limited to :

Responsible for the daily management of all food and nutrition (dietary) services. Plans directs coordinates and controls resources of the Food and Nutrition Services Department to provide food service for customers employees and patients.

Prepares the budget and assists in the development of short -term and long-term financial and operational plans for the department.

• Establishes and maintains regulatory compliance with food and nutrition services and policies and procedures to address safe practices for food handling emergency food supplies menu planning purchasing and storage of food and supplies.
• Manages department human resources to ensure effective employee orientation training and development supervision of work personnel performance wage / benefit administration and compliance with established labor regulations and hospital or CommonSpirit Health human resources policies and procedures.
• Monitors the performance of the department through assessment and analysis of customer / patient satisfaction systems quality and nutritional assessments inspections and financial reports.

Completes QAPI assessment reports and corrective actions in collaboration with the hospital QAPI department. Promptly addresses customer complaints and conducts service recovery where possible.

Conducts rounding with patients and staff. Maintains log of of patient and staff feedback which is considered in continuous improvement.

Participates in hospital committees as indicated by the department policies and standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

Job Requirements :

Education and Experience :

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition Dietetics or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years hospital nutrition management experience.

Licensure :

• Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
• Current certification as a ServSafe Food Protection Manager from American National Standards Institute.
• Current (within the past 12 months) ServSafe Allergen Certifications.
30+ days ago