Director Food Nutrition Services - CommonSpirit Health : Job Details

Director Food Nutrition Services

CommonSpirit Health

Job Location : Santa Cruz,CA, USA

Posted on : 2025-08-20T11:51:24Z

Job Description :

Overview

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of Californias Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology womens and childrens services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care

Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominicans services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives A grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

As Santa Cruz Countys heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospitals heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patients chest.

Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

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Responsibilities

Position Summary:

Plans, administers and directs all location activities related to food service including financial accountability, compliance with standards established by the CommonSpirit Health and regulatory agencies. Leads food and nutrition services departments. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified food and nutrition (dietary) service experience for patients, residents, visitors and employees. Has authority and delegated responsibility including, the daily management of the food services, implementing training programs for dietary staff and assuring that established policies and procedures are maintained.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for overseeing management of all food and nutrition (dietary) services.
  • Plans, directs, coordinates and controls resources of the Food and Nutrition Services Department to provide food service for customers, employees and patients.
  • Prepares the budget and assists in the development of short -term and long-term financial and operational plans for the department.
  • Supports the transition of new region facilities, as applicable.
  • Establishes and maintains regulatory compliance with food and nutrition services and policies and procedures to address safe practices for food handling, emergency food supplies, menu planning, purchasing and storage of food and supplies.
  • Manages department human resources to ensure effective employee orientation, training and development, supervision of work, employee performance, wage/benefit administration and compliance with established labor regulations and hospital or CommonSpirit Health human resources policies and procedures.
  • Monitors the performance of the department through assessment and analysis of customer/patient satisfaction systems, quality and nutritional assessments, inspections, and financial reports.
  • Completes QAPI assessment reports and corrective actions in collaboration with the hospital QAPI department.
  • Promptly addresses customer complaints, and conducts service recovery where possible.
  • Conducts rounding with patients and staff. Maintains log of patient and staff feedback which is considered in continuous improvement.
  • Participates in hospital committees as indicated by the department policies and standard operating procedures, or delegates to appropriate managers as needed.

    • Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum two (2) years hospital nutrition management experience or three (3) years of high-volume food service management experience, or a combination of both totaling three (3) years of management experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or related field or three (3) years of equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of Bachelors degree.
  • Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) or Registered Dietitian. If not currently certified, certification (CDM) to be obtained within 24 months of hire; unless otherwise required by State or local health code.
  • Current certification as a ServSafe Food Protection Manager and ServSafe Allergen Certifications. Certification must be obtained within 60 days of hire; unless otherwise required by state or local health code.
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