UPMC Washington is seeking a Director of Food Nutrition & Environmental Services to oversee the planning, direction, and evaluation of hospital support service operations in accordance with regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
 

Responsibilities:

• Direct and oversee all Environmental Services and Food and Nutrition Services.
• Design and develop jobs and assignments for housekeeping, meeting set-ups, waste management, and clerical functions with consideration of the size and physical layout of the facility and task frequencies required.
• Oversee the quality of all functions rendered by the Environmental Services Department to ensure customer satisfaction, infection control and cleanliness standards are met and/or exceeded.
• Consult with Administration and management peers regarding the functions of the department in their areas of responsibility to ensure customer satisfaction.

• Design, implement and/or manage hospital and department Continuous Quality Improvement and quality assessment systems to ensure the effectiveness of all functions of the department.

   

• Determines quality and quantity of food required plans and prepares age-appropriate master menus, supervises the planning of menus for therapeutic diets and control food costs.
• Always ensures inspection readiness.
• Ensures the preparation of job descriptions and qualifications, performance evaluations, organizational charts and emergency preparedness, infection control and facility manuals reviewing all phases of the development operations.

• Establishes and maintain rapport with medical, nursing, and other departments to coordinate effective and efficient Food and Nutrition services and activities.

   

• Makes frequent inspections of all work, storage, and servicing areas to determine that regulations and directions governing dietetic activities are followed.

   

• Oversees the following: Interviews applicants for employment, orients and evaluates employees on a regular basis according to prescribed guidelines. Terminates employees according to standard procedures as required.
• Monitor the department’s responsibilities regarding the transport and disposal of infectious and solid waste. Keep abreast of information regarding laws and regulations governing the disposal of bio-hazardous and chemotherapeutic waste.

Position manages union and non-union workforce.

Travel: Occasional travel will be required to UPMC Greene as needed as this role will oversee both departments at Greene & Washington.