Supervisor Food Services - full time - evening shift

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care System in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a nutrition and food services leader to oversee patient services, retail, sanitation, production, and nutrition support. This role drives food safety, regulatory readiness, and service excellence while engaging teammates across departments.

Under general supervision, you will lead daily operations, ensure infection prevention compliance, manage staffing, and coach staff to deliver therapeutic diets and accurate trayline execution.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Responsibilities

• Ensures continuous compliance with food safety, infection prevention, Life Safety, and regulatory standards (TJC, FDA Food Code, state regulations). Maintains ServSafe Manager certification and leads proactive survey readiness.
• Uses operational, financial, and quality metrics to prioritize work and improve performance. Translates departmental goals into daily behaviors and acts on identified improvement opportunities.
• Recruits, trains, coaches, and develops teammates. Conducts performance evaluations aligned with organizational values. Provides real-time feedback and implements corrective action when necessary in accordance with policy.
• Maintains high sanitation standards and reinforces safe food handling practices. Leads by example in maintaining inspection-ready environments and collaborates with Plant Engineering, Infection Prevention, and Environmental Health & Safety to resolve risks.
• Manages staffing models aligned with operational demand and productivity targets. Oversees time and attendance, payroll, and scheduling to support fiscal stewardship and equitable workload distribution.
• Facilitates regular team huddles and staff meetings focused on safety, service, quality, and culture alignment. Communicates departmental updates clearly and consistently and encourages feedback.
• Oversees food preparation, presentation, and distribution to support patient healing and teammate satisfaction. Ensures therapeutic diet compliance, accurate trayline execution, temperature monitoring, taste testing, and merchandising standards.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Job Summary

Under general supervision, leads daily operations across Nutrition & Food Services areas, including patient services, retail, sanitation, production, and nutrition support. Drives regulatory compliance, food safety, service excellence, and teammate engagement. Models UNC Health values and culture shifts through consistent leadership behaviors, accountability, and collaboration across diverse lines of business.

Leadership and Culture Expectations

1. Models UNC Health values (One Great Team, Carolina Care, Leading the Way, It Starts With Me) in daily behaviors.
2. Demonstrates shared ownership across departments and supports system thinking.
3. Addresses performance gaps directly and respectfully with clear expectations.
4. Prioritizes patient safety, service excellence, and regulatory readiness.
5. Supports operational change initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
6. Promotes an inclusive, respectful, and accountable workplace environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensures continuous compliance with food safety, infection prevention, Life Safety, and regulatory standards (TJC, FDA Food Code, state regulations). Maintains ServSafe Manager certification and leads proactive survey readiness.
2. Uses operational, financial, and quality metrics to prioritize work and improve performance. Translates departmental goals into daily behaviors and acts on identified improvement opportunities.
3. Recruits, trains, coaches, and develops teammates. Conducts performance evaluations aligned with organizational values. Provides real-time feedback and implements corrective action when necessary in accordance with policy.
4. Maintains high sanitation standards and reinforces safe food handling practices. Leads by example in maintaining inspection-ready environments and collaborates with Plant Engineering, Infection Prevention, and Environmental Health & Safety to resolve risks.
5. Manages staffing models aligned with operational demand and productivity targets. Oversees time and attendance, payroll, and scheduling to support fiscal stewardship and equitable workload distribution.
6. Facilitates regular team huddles and staff meetings focused on safety, service, quality, and culture alignment. Communicates departmental updates clearly and consistently and encourages feedback.
7. Oversees food preparation, presentation, and distribution to support patient healing and teammate satisfaction. Ensures therapeutic diet compliance, accurate trayline execution, temperature monitoring, taste testing, and merchandising standards.

Performance Expectations

1. Regulatory compliance and survey readiness outcomes.
2. Food safety and infection prevention performance.
3. Patient and teammate satisfaction indicators.
4. Financial stewardship and productivity alignment.
5. Consistent demonstration of UNC Health values and leadership behaviors.

Preferences:

• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience preferred
• ServeSafe Manager Certification is required within the designated timeframe and must be maintained per state regulations.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Two (2) years food service experience

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: NFS Retail Services
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Salary Range: $19.98 - $28.54 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Evening Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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