Nutritional Services Manager - MercyOne Clive Rehabilitation Hospital

The Nutritional Services Manager directs the activities of the Nutritional Services Department. Provides quality food service and nutritional care for the patient population, visitors, guests, and hospital staff. Administers, plans, and directs activities of department providing quality food service. Establishes policies and procedures and provides administrative direction of menu formulation, food preparation and service, purchasing, sanitation standards, safety practices, and personnel utilization. Selects professional dietetic staff and directs departmental education programs. Coordinates interdepartmental professional activities and acts as resource person to staff and management on matters pertaining to dietetics. Participates in CQPI activities and educates all staff members.

• Determines quality and quantity of food, plans and prepares master menus, supervises the planning of menus for therapeutic diets and controls food costs.
• Supervises food production and service programs, as well as departmental personnel involved.
• Ensures food preparation for optimal nutrition (including attention to various age groups of patients) and economic handling of food, as well as efficient usage of time.
• Plans menus, purchases food, and assigns duties for special functions, such as medical staff meetings, board meetings, recognition dinners, and other related hospital functions.
• Checks food for flavor, temperature, and appearance on a regular basis.
• Confers with other departments, such as the medical and nursing staff, regarding the technical and administrative aspects of dietetic service.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
• Evaluates supervisory personnel on a regular basis according to prescribed guidelines; terminates personnel according to standard procedure, as required.
• Prepares departmental budget on an annual basis.
• Makes frequent inspection of all work, storage, and servicing areas to determine that regulations and directions govering dietetic activities are followed.
• Develops and prepares policies and provedures governing handling and storage of supplies, equipment, sanitation, and record keeping and compiling of reports.
• Reviews department performance and institutes changes in techniques or procedures to improve services, simplify work flow, assure compliance with regulatory requirements, and promotes more efficient operation of the Nutritional Services Department.
• Develops standards of performance, determines areas of responsibility, assigns responsibility and accountability, and delegates authority to the various managerial, supervisory, and professional members of the staff.
• Reviews records and reports covering number and kinds of regular and therapeutic diets prepared, nutritional and caloric analysis of meals, costs of raw food and labor, computations of daily ration cost, and inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Associates degree in Dietetics or Bachelor's degree in course work approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) preferred, but not required.
• SERV SAFE Certified
• Registered Nutrition and Dietetics Technician (NDTR) or Dietetic Technician (DTR) highly preferred.
• Recent experience in managing the food services in a medical facility highly preferred.
• Recent experience in managing the food services in an acute hospital preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Additional languages preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Highly developed organizational skills.