Manager of Food and Nutrition Services

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan with match

Tuition assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

HCA Healthcare, Inc. seeks a Manager of Food and Nutrition Services to lead operations across hospital dining, patient meals, and catering, ensuring a sanitary environment and compliance with state, local, federal, and Joint Commission standards.

You will evaluate systems, drive improvements, manage budgets, and supervise staff to deliver high-quality service while controlling costs. Experience in healthcare food service is preferred; RD/LD/CDM credentials are a plus.

Qualifications

• College Degree preferred.
• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in managing food services or hospitality.
• Knowledge of hospital and health care operations preferred.
• Knowledge of hospital and health care financial metrics preferred.
• RD or LD or CDM preferred.
• ANAB Approved Food Management Course required within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates existing systems and processes, initiates improvements and suggests changes.
• Ensures compliance with policies and regulatory standards (TJC, OSHA, EEOC).
• Leads daily operations of Food and Nutrition Services across patient and non-patient areas.
• Supports department records and reporting on diets, menus, costs and production rates.
• Manages procurement of supplies, food, equipment, and other needs.
• Oversees department productivity to maximize efficiency and cost minimization.

Skills

People management

Operations leadership

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting

Food safety

Healthcare operations

Education

College Degree preferred

High School Diploma required

RD/LD/CDM preferred

Tools

ServeSafe (or equivalent) training

ANAB food management course

Job description

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Manager Food and Nutrition Services leads, manages the operations and activities of the Food and Nutrition Services Department within assigned hospital and hospital department/campus locations. Manager provides consistent, high-quality service in a sanitary environment while ensuring State, Local, Federal and Joint Commission regulations, established policies and procedures and department standards of performance are met.

What you will do in this role:

• Evaluates existing systems and processes, initiates change and improvements, and makes suggestions to Director
• Demonstrates knowledge and ensures compliance with all current policies, procedures and regulatory standards (TJC, OSHA, EEOC and others) within all food and nutritional services areas
• Consistently demonstrates the organization's commitment for and adherence to sound ethical business practices in accordance with the Corporate Integrity and Compliance Program, annual work plan and established policies and procedures
• Leads and manages the daily operations of the Food and Nutrition Services Department assigned areas encompassing but not limited to all patient and non-patient food service, employee cafeteria, doctor’s dining room, catering and floor stock.
• Assists and supports the preparation of department records as well as recurring and special reports and analyses indicating number and types of regular and therapeutic diets prepared, nutritional and caloric analyses of meals, food and labor costs, sanitation irregularities, menus, food production rates and so forth as required/requested.
• Manages the effective operation of all Food and Nutrition Services activities in the organization to provide for an aseptic and aesthetically pleasing environment through coordinating and supervising assigned functions of the department.
• Manages the purchase of supplies, food, equipment and other supplies to meet the needs of assigned hospital and hospital/department campus
• Manages department productivity to assigned goals and objectives to maximize operational efficiency, optimum use of resources and cost minimization

What qualifications you will need:

• College Degree preferred
• High School Diploma required
• Minimum of three years’ experience in managing food services or hospitality required
• Knowledge of hospital and health care operations preferred
• Knowledge of hospital and health care financial metrics preferred
• Registered Dietician (RD) or Licensed Dietician (LD) preferred, or Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) preferred
• ANAB Approved Food Management Course or as required by state. (ie. ServeSafe, NRFSP, Always Food Safe, Aboe Training, 360 Training, Prometric, etc.) Required within 90 days of employment

Benefits

Medical City Green Oaks Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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is a critical part of HCA Healthcare’s strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.