What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Patient Services position at Aramark Healthcare?
Job Responsibilities
• Participate in planning and executing consistent nutrition and patient communications and strategies and serve as a nutrition/patient resource across a multi-site component or highly complex healthcare facility.
• Create and manage a network of thought leaders to support nutrition issues and strategies across the component.
• Manage and control resources and materials to ensure quality, adequacy of supply, and cost control within budgetary guidelines.
• Directs patient food service activities, complying with established standards inc. the patient feeding program and delivery of trays to patient units.
• Leads patient service managers, supervisors and staff to ensure meals are properly prepared and delivered to patients
• Owns the 'Adopt a Floor' program and ensures rounding is conducted on patients/departments
• Oversees the diet office and the service ambassador program
• Records safety and sanitation complianceQualifications
• Requires 3-5 years of food service management experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Healthcare Food Service experience required.
• Must be a self starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience managing, motivating and engaging a large workforce.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs required.
• Excellent interpersonal, customer services and organizational skills required.
• A college education in Nutrition or Dietetics preferred.
• SERV Safe Certification is a plus.