Job Description:
This position is responsible to lead the nutrition patient services team when other leadership is not on-site within the Culinary Services department in the hospital while fulfilling the role of the Nutrition Care Associate or Diet Tech. Resolves immediate issues such as service recovery, coaching/redirecting caregivers, and rearranging staffing. Escalates to manager as appropriate. Supports facility efforts to improve the patient experience.
Work Schedule
- Full Time, 40 hours per week
- Weekly Work Schedule: Four 10hr Shifts or Five 8hr shifts
- Availability Needed for: Morning Shift 6:00-14:30 & Afternoon Shift 11:30-20:00
- Required: Flexibility to support business and leadership needs Sunday-Saturday (holidays included)
Job Essentials
- Leads and maintains workflow of assigned area and ensures tasks are completed.
- Lead patient areas and have competency in modified diets and patient meal standard works.
- Resolves immediate issues such as service recovery, coaching/redirecting caregivers, and rearranging staffing. Escalates to management as appropriate.
- Ensures the room service line is stocked, clean and ready for each service period.
- Contributes to achievement of patient engagement goals. Creates a positive experience for each patient and guest.
- Participates in orienting, training, scheduling, coaching, and leading employees as appropriate.
- Assists in keeping storage areas clean and organized to ensure all Joint Commission and Health Department guidelines are followed.
- Ensures that department standards for quality, sanitation, and safety are met.
- Communicates issues with the appropriate members of management.
- Ensures a quality Nutrition Services operation, including production, customer service, and training.
- Ensures caregiver competency.
- Responsible to implement, under the direction of the Nutrition Services Manager, best practice, system-level initiatives.
- Participate in and aligns services with all department guidelines including zero harm, goals, continuous improvement and more agencies and hospital.
- Other duties as assigned by the Nutrition Services Manager.
Minimum Requirements
- Food Handler Permit (as required by State) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work. ServSafe certification obtained within 90 days of hire date if not current.
- Demonstrated ability to read, write, and communicate effectively.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two years related food service experience.
- Six months supervisory or lead experience.
- Coursework related to Nutrition
- One-year experience in Hospital Nutrition Services
Physical Requirements:
Physical Requirements
- Interact with patients and co-workers requiring the employee to verbally communicate information, as well as understand spoken information.
- Operate food service equipment or computer requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
- See and read labels, monitors, and documents.
- Carry, push/pull, and walk while transporting food, supplies, and service equipment.
- Climb, squat, kneel, and lift to clean equipment and reach and retrieve food and supplies.
- Tolerate hot and cold extremes in temperature.
Location:
LDS Hospital
Work City:
Salt Lake City
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$19.46 - $25.74
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