Dir-Culinary Services Job Selma area,Alabama USA,Healthcare

Description

Join Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, AL, a 175-bed, Joint Commission–accredited community hospital that serves as a critical healthcare hub in the region. Vaughan delivers a full complement of hospital services, including emergency care, to the Black Belt area of southern Alabama. As part of Scion Health, Vaughan combines system strength with strong local impact so that you can make your mark where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

The Director, Food Services is responsible for the overall leadership, planning, and operation of the hospital's Food and Nutrition Services department. This role ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality, and nutritionally appropriate food services for patients, employees, and visitors in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission standards, FDA Food Code, and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The Director partners closely with clinical nutrition leadership (Registered Dietitian) to ensure appropriate therapeutic diet compliance, patient satisfaction, fiscal stewardship, and continuous regulatory readiness.

Essential

Functions

Department Leadership & Operations:
Participates in planning and creating the hospital’s strategic plan to achieve the mission and vision of the
hospital in collaboration with Registered Dietitian.
Manages the department by company policies, procedures, standards, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Participates in the planning of the department budget.
Submits capital budget request to CFO.
Accountable for daily managing of department budget through operational expense management and labor management.
Manages the department’s financials by maintaining records of department expenditures, daily meal counts, and compiling end of the month financial reports and turn into Administration.
Develops department schedule to ensure adequate staff to provide services, but within budgeted FTEs.
Purchases and confirms delivery of food, supplies, and equipment from approved vendors to ensure adequate stock levels to perform departmental functions.
Inspects arriving shipments, signs invoices/receipts of shipment.
Manages the stocking and inventory of current food and supplies following proper storage and labeling procedures.
Performs monthly end-of-the-month physical inventories.
Participates in the hospital’s Performance Improvement program by conducting, aggregating, trending,
and acting on data for key food service indicators.
Annual QAPI department plan is developed with mandatory components. Monthly reports are taken to the hospital committee as per facility policy.
Monitors quality control in kitchen by assuring quality measure are routinely done; spot checking logs frequently for accuracy of data and conducts weekly kitchen safety/sanitation audits
Participates in the survey process; instructs staff in matters of conduct and disclosure; maintains a presence at all times while surveyors are on-site and directs the timely collection of information required by the survey team. Undertakes corrective action while survey is in progress, if appropriate; works with other hospital departments to develop survey plan of correction, as needed.
Serves on various committees as required by company standards, regulations, and/or appointments by immediate…