HEAD, DIETETICS & FOOD SERVICES

KPJ Healthcare; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KPJ Healthcare in Malaysia is seeking a senior leader to head the Dietetics and Food Services. You will oversee workforce planning, competency development, and governance to align with hospital goals and patient safety priorities.

The role covers budget management, performance audits, nutrition education initiatives, and multidisciplinary collaboration. You will drive service improvement, policy development, and strategic planning across clinical dietetics and food service operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.
• Registered with Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all functions within the Dietetics and Food Services, including workforce planning, competency development, and succession planning.
• Develop and establish service systems, frameworks, and operational strategies aligned with hospital objectives, accreditation standards, and patient safety priorities.
• Oversee financial management, budgeting, and resource allocation to sustain cost-effective operations.
• Evaluate service performance through audits, data analysis, and strategic improvement initiatives to advance service delivery and outcomes.
• Direct the development and delivery of nutrition education, services training initiatives, and research initiatives that support evidence-based practice and organizational goals.
• Represent the services in management and multidisciplinary meetings, contributing to hospital-wide planning, decision-making, and policy development.
• Oversee the clinical dietetics function, including complex case management, inter-services collaboration, and professional supervision of Dietitians.
• Lead the formulation, implementation, and periodic review of diet manuals, nutrition care standards, and patient education materials in line with best practices.
• Establish and maintain services’ documentation, reporting systems, and data governance to ensure accuracy and timely submission of information.
• Strategize and oversee food service operations, including menu planning, food production, portion control, and service delivery for therapeutic and regular diets.
• Chair menu planning activities to ensure nutritional adequacy, compliance with medical prescriptions, and incorporation of patient preferences.
• Evaluate and monitor outsourced or contracted food services (where applicable) for compliance with hospital, food safety, hygiene, and quality standards.
• Drive and support community nutrition, wellness, and public education initiatives that enhance the hospital’s role in preventive health.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, external partners, and vendors to ensure integrated nutritional care and continuous quality improvement across service areas.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement to enhance service performance and excellence.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics

Job description

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Lead and manage all functions within the Dietetics and Food Services, including workforce planning, competency development, and succession planning.

Develop and establishservicessystems, frameworks, and operational strategies aligned with hospital objectives, accreditation standards, and patient safety priorities.

Oversee financial management, budgeting, and resource allocation to sustain cost-effective operations.

Evaluateserviceperformance through audits, data analysis, andstrategicimprovement initiatives to advance servicedelivery andoutcomes.

Direct the development and delivery of nutrition education,servicestraininginitiatives,and research initiatives thatsupportevidence-based practice andorganizational goals.

Represent the services inmanagement and multidisciplinary meetings, contributing tohospital-wide planning, decision-making,and policy development.

Oversee the clinical dietetics function, including complex case management, inter-servicescollaboration,and professional supervision ofDietitians.

Lead theformulation,implementation, and periodic review of diet manuals, nutrition care standards, and patient education materials in line with best practices.

Establishand maintainservices’documentation,reportingsystems,and data governance to ensure accuracy and timely submission of information.

Strategize andoverseefood service operations,including menu planning, food production, portion control, and service delivery for therapeutic and regular diets.

Chair menu planning activities toensure nutritional adequacy, compliance with medical prescriptions, and incorporation of patient preferences.

Evaluateandmonitoroutsourced or contracted food services (where applicable) for compliance withhospital,foodsafety, hygiene, and qualitystandards.

Driveand support community nutrition, wellness, and public education initiatives that enhance the hospital’s role in preventive health.

Collaborate withmultidisciplinary teams, external partners, and vendors to ensure integratednutritionalcare and continuous quality improvement across service areas.

Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement to enhance service performance and excellence.

Job Requirement

Bachelor’s Degree in Dieteticsor Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics (recognized by relevant authority).

Registered with Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC).