Food and Nutrition Specialist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Food and Nutrition Specialist to join their Nutrition Pt Svcs Team 30. This role is responsible for leading, monitoring, and auditing all activities for patient meal service on nursing units. The specialist will administer established policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective operations, and communicate effectively with staff, nursing personnel, and patients. VUMC is committed to an environment where everyone can thrive and where uniqueness is celebrated, fostering a sense of community and purpose among its employees.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year of experience
Hosting & Reception (Intermediate)
Food Services Supervision (Novice)
Customer Service (Intermediate)
Medical Terminology & Documentation (Fundamental Awareness)

Responsibilities

Monitors compliance with all quality standards and procedures by staff within assigned area.
Coordinates operational tasks and resolve problems to ensure timely and efficient service.
Coordinates activities and problem resolution with nursing staff and patients, serve as liaison to ensure satisfaction with services.
Performs non-routine tasks that significantly impact team's performance with minimal guidance.
Conducts research and analysis to solve some non-routine problems.
Provides informal guidance and support to less experienced team members.
Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.