Regional Manager, Food and Nutrition - Food Service - Full Time

Guthrie Enterprise•Cortland, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The regional food and nutrition manager is responsible for quality service and compliance pertaining to patient meal services and retail food operations for Guthrie’s New York’s campuses. This position also facilitates systemization and best practices for patient meal services and retail operations, including cafeteria, coffee shops, vending and catering across the NY region.

Requirements

A minimum of five years in food and nutrition service in the health care field.
Three years leadership experience required.
Basic computer skills, Microsoft preferred.
Must have interpersonal skills to handle confidential information, sensitive situations, and ability to work with diverse groups of people within and outside the organization.
Ability to work cooperatively with peers and supervisors to contribute to the overall productivity of the team.
Serve Safe Certification
High School Diploma

Nice To Haves

Experience with CBORD (Epic interfacing Nutrition software system) preferred but not required.
CDM preferred but not required.
Bachelor’s Preferred

Responsibilities

Co-leads the NY campuses food and nutrition departments in the continuous improvement of the quality and productivity of patient meal services and retail food operations.
Participates in all aspects of employee management across the NY campuses food and nutrition departments.
Works alongside other food and nutrition managers and clinical dietitians to ensure that patient, caregiver and visitors food requirements are negotiated, understood, and met.
Confers with culinary service managers, chefs and cooks to establish and maintain standards of food production, service, sanitation, safety and security and ensure that all special food items are prepared for tray service, room service, cafeterias and catering events.
Performs regional management functions according to food and nutrition department policy and procedure.
Ensures systemization of food and nutrition department manuals, policies, procedures and forms across the NY campuses.
Reviews and updates food and nutrition department manuals and forms, (i.e., daily work schedules, equipment orientation forms, job descriptions, cleaning and sanitation schedules, equipment manual, policy manuals, and food and cooler temperature sheets).
Plans and conducts in service training programs and facilitates quality improvement methods to ensure continued quality care.
Prepares and gains broad support of quality improvement plans from colleagues and employees across the NY region.
Analyzes and measures the quality of food services and uses the resulting information to draw conclusions, develop recommendations, implement action, and evaluate.
Arranges appropriate education and training for staff based upon requirements and identified opportunities for improvement.
Develops and engages in a process that helps each employee achieve professional developmental goals that contribute to the fulfillment of department/organization goals.
Develops specifications for the procurement of food equipment and supplies, assures a process is in place to verify receipt, provides for proper storage, authorizes invoices for payment, and maintains appropriate inventory controls.
Develop plans for the department management information system and evaluate departmental use of the system.
Demonstrates age specific communication skills.
Meets at least weekly with the Senior Director of Food and Nutrition to review goals, objectives, and critical success factors across the region.
Meets at least biweekly with food and nutrition department leads across the NY region.
Attends and participates in staff meetings.
Demonstrates willingness to accept other duties and responsibilities as established by hospital administration.
Demonstrates effective time management, flexibility, and priority setting in Food Service Management.
Provides leadership and oversight for all aspects of management contracts for Food Services externally to Guthrie Hospitals.
Attends hospital meetings/ huddles as a representative of Food and Nutrition.