Asst Dir-Hosp Nutrition Servic

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, please review these frequently asked questions.

Current Employees and Students:

If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at The Ohio State University, please log in to Workday to use the internal application process.

Welcome to The Ohio State University's career site.  We invite you to apply to positions of interest. In order to ensure your application is complete, you must complete the following:

• Ensure you have all necessary documents available when starting the application process. You can review the additional job description section on postings for documents that may be required.

• Prior to submitting your application, please review and update (if necessary) the information in your candidate profile as it will transfer to your application. 

Job Title:

Asst Dir-Hosp Nutrition Servic

Department:

University Hospital | Food Service Administration

Job Description Scope of Position Nutrition Services administers quality nutritional care and food service operations for patients, staff and visitors in Wexner Medical Center facilities, campus and the communities we serve. The Department coordinates activities to enhance patient, staff and customer satisfaction. The Department is responsible for nutrition care and food service and retail food operations for patients, staff and visitors to the various locations including University Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital, Brain and Spine Hospital, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, University Hospital East, OSU Harding and clinical nutrition services are also provided in more than 25 separate clinic locations within Ambulatory Services. Main campus cafes include BistrOH! and BistrOH! to go on the concourse, Bloch Cafe in CCCT, and a planned cafe in the Brain and Spine Hospital. Another full service cafe, BistrOH! operates at UHE and there are BistrOH! to go locations at Eye and Ear Institute, Martha Morehouse Medical Plaza (2), Ackerman Road complex, Care Point East and Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center. Nutrition Services also provides oversight to 5 subcontracted retail foodservice locations and vending. Nutrition Services also maintains many outreach programs and several community gardens to deliver nutrition and food programming. Position Summary Directly responsible for retail cafes, catering, distribution, dishroom and business functions within the department. o Assures that foods served are high quality and those areas under supervision meet or exceed all required regulatory standards for safe food handling, labelling, weights and measures requirements. Assures consistency of service across day parts and days of the week. Operations serve more than 2 million customers generating more than 8 million dollars annually in sales from 10 cafes across the health system. o Integrates culinary, service and cash handling functions for retails cafes to achieve best service model. o Ensure that cafes and catering operations meet Internal Audit and PCI compliance standards for cash handling for areas they are responsible for. Completes cash handling audits to validate staff practices. Follows up with Security as appropriate for suspected thefts. o Establish menus that are high quality, include sufficient variety and offered in convenient packages that support medical center staff, faculty, visitors and student needs. Creates limited time offers and special events to drive sales. o Coordinates foodservice needs with other department management team members and works collaboratively to achieve best results with food production, clinical nutrition, office and information systems groups. o Works collaboratively organization staff to promote staff engagement and develop activities to support staff work life balance. o Works with communications and marketing staff on external community food events and off premise catering representing the medical center o Assures functions of core department operations of receiving, distribution and the dishroom support all areas of the department well. Ensures these areas meet all Joint Commission and regulatory requirements. Human Resources ? Facilitates department HR processes (position description, corrective action, other), staff training and orientation/onboarding with appropriate staff ? Provides oversight, direction, development and evaluation for assigned staff. Further develops leadership skills in food service managers, sous chefs, and program coordinators who are essential to oversight of operation. ? Assures staff schedules, timekeeping and payroll processes are consistent with medical center policies. Financial and Information Systems Support ? Understands and can manage operational and staffing budgets. ? Ensure that end of month and ongoing accounting processes meet medical center and Internal Audit guidelines. ? Ensures that staff, supplies and service expenditures are in line and identifies/implements solutions as needed. ? Ensures individual cafes meet established profitability targets. ? Implements and maximizes use of technology to manage key processes of purchasing, receiving and distribution, food production and service, menu board, kiosk and online ordering and cash sales and reporting. ? Ensures patient diet office systems are maintained to support on demand dining program. Minimum Education Required 2-Year College Degree Required Qualifications For Hire: Associates Degree in food management, nutrition, culinary, or other related field. ServSafe certification. All candidates must have a minimum of 2 years experience in area of relevant responsibility. Must pass physical examination. On Going: Maintain professional certification, participate in continuing education and Medical Center and Departmental inservices. Maintains active participation and leadership roles for professional organizations or equivalent external activities.

Additional Information:

Location:

East Hospital - Tower (0397)

Position Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Shift:

First Shift

Thank you for your interest in positions at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Once you have applied, the most updated information on the status of your application can be found by visiting the Candidate Home section of this site. Please view your submitted applications by logging in and reviewing your status. For answers to additional questions please review the frequently asked questions.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. 

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.