HEAD, DIETETICS & FOOD SERVICES

KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital seeks a strategic Dietetics and Food Services leader to oversee clinical dietetics, nutrition education, research, and interdepartmental collaboration. You will drive service performance, safety standards, and patient-centered care across hospital-wide nutrition programs.

The role involves budgeting, policy development, and managing a diverse team of dietitians, educators, and food service professionals to align with accreditation and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics (recognized by relevant authority).
• Preferably Master’s Degree in Dietetics / Nutrition / Healthcare Management.
• 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 services 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.
• Evaluates 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

Master’s Degree in Dietetics / Nutrition / Healthcare Management

MAHPC registration

Job description

Job Description

• 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).

• PreferablyMaster’s Degreein Dietetics / Nutrition / Healthcare Management.

• Registered with Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC).