Food & Nutrition Services Director

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Job Description

Summary:

The Director of Nutrition Services position will work in partnership with management, hospital staff, and physicians to ensure that Nutrition meets or exceeds their service goals as measured on the Balanced Scorecard. The Director is responsible for planning, directing and controlling the nutrition as well as ensuring that work performance is in compliance with applicable codes, regulations, customer expectations and standards for efficiency and safety.

Responsibilities And Duties:

Mission and Cardinal Value:
Models organizational mission and values through daily actions, decision making and priority setting; treats others in a manner which honors their dignity and worth.

Leadership:
Sincerely strives to serve the needs of those with whom she or he works; builds relationships based on integrity; acknowledges mistakes and accepts accountability for work and actions; strives for continuous improvement both personally and professionally; recognizes achievements of others.

Stewardship:
Demonstrates keen commitment to cost effectiveness and sound business practices.

Service and Quality:
Serves others with compassion and respect and, whenever possible, honors their choices; strives to deliver services that set community standards.

Decision Making:
Makes decisions based on best information at the time; explains decisions to others and honors them; acts in a timely fashion; demonstrates flexibility and creativity in finding solutions; takes appropriate risks.

Communication:
Relates to others in an honest, straightforward fashion; listens with a sincere attempt to understand and values divergent points of view; open to new ideas and embraces change.

Diversity:
Demonstrates commitment to valuing individual needs and abilities both in the people we serve and in the workplace.

The Director of Nutrition Services will continually monitor data, analyze results, identify trends, conduct gap analysis and develop action plans to address gaps, leading to ongoing service improvements and increased customer satisfaction.

Direct the activities of others to achieve the highest level of performance.

Effectively analyzes problems and develops well-reasoned solutions; recognizes and validates assumptions, collects information and draws meaningful inferences.

Works effectively within the constraints of Ohio Health, Mansfield’s formal and informal structures.

Contributes to the personal and professional growth of others through feedback, coaching and support.

Instrumental in identifying critical factors for success, implementing service improvements in partnership with management and staff.

Establishes, equips, staffs, and manages departments in order to support hospital needs and objectives.

Plans and develops short and long term department objectives, based upon hospital goals and objectives.

Develops implements and administers departmental policies and procedures; confers with other hospital departments to develop policies and procedures.

Interviews, hires, trains, evaluates performance and, when necessary, disciplines and discharges staff. Works to resolve grievances, schedule work assignments and discipline employees.

Performs other duties as assigned.

The Director of Nutrition Services must be a full-time employee who has been granted the authority and delegated responsibility by the hospitals governing body and medical staff for the…