Nutrition Services Manager Job Listing at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC (Job ID 1213318200)

Description

Nutrition Services  
Full Time
AM Shift 
7 a - 4p, Mon-Fri

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

As a member of the management team, the Manager coordinates food service activities throughout the department. This is a fast paced, hands on position that requires multitasking. The position directly supervises personnel with responsibility for schedules, discipline, performance reviews and accountability. They will also be responsible for development and training of staff, superior sanitation and inspection standards, the flow of the entire kitchen from the patient line to the utility staff, timeliness of patient meals, inspections, and follow up reports to the Director of Nutrition Services.  This position reports to the Director of Nutrition Services.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 Year of experience in food service supervision in a health care setting
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: ServSafe certified (will accept certification post-hire within no more than 6 months of hire date)
Required Training: Exceptional skills in meeting production, patient and guest meals, cafeteria, and catering meal demands and schedules.

• Demonstrates appropriate communication of information to all ages and responds to all customers/patients requests and needs, i.e. hard of hearing, etc.
• Assists in maintaining and improving standards of food preparation, room service guidelines, and service. Provides guidance when needed in any way that may improve patient/customer relations.
• Adheres to safety and sanitation requirements to attain and maintain high standards in accordance with hospital and state regulations.
• Responsible for recruitment, retainment, and engagement of employees. Participates and oversees training of new employees. Responsible for motivating and evaluating employees.
• Schedules employees to provide coverage with no scheduled overtime.

• Orients, supervises, disciplines, and evaluates personnel.
• Maintains equipment and facilities in a clean and workable condition at all times.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement process in the department.
• Maintenance of an optimistic, professional, career oriented demeanor (positive role model) as leader within your area at Lexington Medical Center. Exemplifies excellent customer relations toward patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers. Holds themselves and subordinates accountable for conformity to Service Excellence Policy.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.