Nutrition Lead

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Nutrition Lead for their Cafeteria department responsible for providing service excellence to patients and guests in the selection of meals through Room Service, Cafeteria, Deli, Catering, and Coffee Cart. Support in the continued development and oversight of staff in the Nutrition Department including but not limited to Room Service, Call Center, and retail outlets.

Responsibilities include:

• Coach and mentor staff to ensure patient satisfaction is being met according to department policy. This includes the orientation of patient to Room Service, missed meal reporting, and delivery of trays. Assist as needed with tray deliveries. A) Works with staff to ensure patient dietary needs are met and patient satisfaction and intake of meals is optimized. Makes modifications to patient menu selections for patients on multiple restriction combinations and customizes menu selections to meet special dietary needs. (30%)
• Assist the management team with orientation of new employees to the department. Assist the management team with interviews, training, and evaluation of personnel. Assist with documentation and tabulation of the employee satisfaction (Press Ganey) survey. Actively participate in problem solving. Assist with work and time schedules that meet the department's labor and FTE budgets. Assist the management team with in-service classes and maintaining records. Confer with other members of the management team regarding operational concerns, patient service and customer service, and employee concerns. A) When in the diet office, prioritizes and assigns a level of acuity to newly admitted patients based upon departmentally established screening criteria in collaboration with the Registered Dietitian and Management. B) Verifies and/or validates all food related allergies and intolerance with patients and refers to the Registered Dietitian when appropriate. C) Verifies and/or validates diet orders for infants receiving mixed formulas as well as Enteral feeding and nourishments in collaboration with the Registered Dietitian and Management. (30%)

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or any Health-Related Field.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Minimum: Servsafe Manager Certificate within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Preferred: Diet Technician Registered (DTR) or Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) Certification.

Technical Requirements:

• Minimum: Basic skills in MS Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Preferred: Experience with Nutrition related software (i.e. Competition).

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Minimum: One (1) year Healthcare food service experience; or two (2) years food service Supervisory experience.
• Preferred: Five (5) or more years Healthcare food service experience.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.
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