Hutchinson Health is seeking a Nutrition Services Manager. This position will be responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the Nutrition Services department and will play an essential role in patients’ healing process and experience of care, as well as ensuring principles of a food safety culture that keeps patients, visitors, and colleagues safe from foodborne illness. 

Duties include coordinating and evaluating department activities to ensure consistently high-level standards of nutrition care, service, and aesthetics to patients, visitors, and staff. Oversees high-volume food production, therapeutic diets and menu planning, inventory, equipment, dining center operations, catering requests and Meals on Wheels program. 

A vital aspect of this position is ensuring compliance with various laws/regulations related to the Nutrition Services department, leading quality investigations, and supervision of Nutrition Services staff, including all aspects of new hire orientation and ongoing training, performance evaluations, and staff scheduling.

This managerial role will also be required to work hands on performing culinary activities to ensure food served to patients, visitors, and colleagues is nutritious, prepared using recognized dietary and safe food handling practices, and is eye appealing. 

One of the following certifications is required in this position: Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional, or Minnesota Certified Food Protection Manager. A Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or related field is preferred along with 1 year of managerial experience. 

Successful candidates will have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of team members and leadership. Must have experience as a Food Services Manager in a medical facility or commercial kitchen. 

 

Job Title: Manager Nutrition/Environmental Services

Department: Operations

Reports To: Chief Operations Officer

Location: Hospital

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary:

The Nutrition and Environmental Services Manager provides overall management and 24/7 accountability of Nutrition and Environmental Services service areas at all Hutchinson Health facilities.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities of all Leaders:

Provide Leadership consistent with Hutchinson Health’s vision of Health as it could be, Affordability as it must be, through relationships built on trust.

Maintain a consistent, visible and positive role within the organization.

Ensure departments are in compliance with all laws and regulatory bodies. Communicates and educates staff and develops processes to ensure compliance is continuously met.

Practices fiscal responsibility and cost control by monitoring and adhering to financial reports, forecasts and budgets. Includes staff in continuous efforts of financial improvement.

Plans and delegates the work of others. Maintains appropriate staffing and follows service area productivity guidelines and expectations. Involves staff in continuous efforts to identify and implement productivity improvement initiatives.

Monitors patient experience, quality and/or customer service as applicable and involves staff in continuous efforts towards improvement.

Follows HR policies. Interviews, hires, orients and trains new staff. Supervises, coaches, counsels and appraises service area staff. Retains solid and high performing staff.

Facilitates communication and teamwork between departments to build relationships and facilitate department and interdepartmental success.

Develops and tracks service area policies procedures, processes and competencies and communicates updates and changes regularly with staff. Manages service area contracts per Contract Review policies.

Perform all other related duties as assigned.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities for this service area leader:

Collaborates with other service area leaders as needed on facility-wide enhancement of provision of environmental services

Consults as subject matter expert on furnishings, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) purchases as it pertains to areas of responsibility

Assures compliance with State and Federal rules and regulations that pertain to areas of responsibility

 

Accountabilities for all Employees:

Adheres to the Hutchinson Health Employee Values.

Maintains confidentiality of the organization and patients.

Reports any health/medical errors.

Observes all Environment of Care policies and reports safety risks or hazards immediately.

 

 

Education, Training or Degree Required:

Bachelors degree in related field preferred.

 

License/Registration/Certification Required: (will be primary source verified by HR)

None

 

Experience and Skills: (indicate preferred or required)

     Strong verbal and written communication skills, required

Previous experience in healthcare management or supervisory position, preferred

 

Date created: 11/12/08

Date updated: 3/2018; 1/2019