Job Description

Position: Director of Food & Nutrition

Location: Tallahassee, FL

Schedule: Full-time, salaried, M-F

* Registration as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration required *

Select Specialty Hospital - Tallahassee is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

In this role, you will lead a team to ensure the overall operations of the hospital for food service and nutritional care are being met. You will also perform inspections of all assigned areas to make certain the highest standards of Quality Assurance Control are being upheld.

• Providing direct, continuous supervision of Food and Nutrition Service personnel.
• Consistently establishing effective relationships with medical personnel and other patient care services.
• Displaying the ability to manage all areas of the department, including budget, food purchasing and food production.
• Preparing and providing in-services for departmental personnel on a regular basis.
• Calculating menus in accordance with diet order and nutritional needs of patients.
• Teaching and counseling patients and their families.
• Scheduling of personnel in your department.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with major studies in food and nutrition
• Current and valid registration as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Current state Dietitian licensure/certification, if required by state
• Five or more years in a management capacity in a Food and Nutrition department/food service administration
• Thorough knowledge of food products and service, operations, staffing, handling, storage and regulatory requirements

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans