Position Title: Diet Technician/Food Service Supervisor
Account: Vancouver General HospitalLocation: Vancouver, BC
Schedule: 2 Fulltime Positions
Compensation: $22.00/hr, benefits eligible
Flexibility in availability may be required as schedule is subject to change based on operational requirements. The operation is open 5:30am to 9:30pm, 7 days a week.
Description:
The Food Service Supervisor is responsible for co-coordinating food production, meal preparation and ensuring all staff maintains the standards for quality and service at all times. The Food Service Supervisor also ensures that safe work practices are followed and all sanitation standards are met.
The Diet Technician is responsible for ensuring diet orders are compliant and meet the provisions for nutritional care as determined by the RD to inpatients and outpatients using our nutrition software program. The diet technician is the liaison between clinical nutrition and food services.
General Duties:
- Provides work direction, supervision and on-going training to all assigned staff in a manner which establishes and maintains high staff morale
- Assists in scheduling, payroll and performance management as assigned
- Promotes and maintains excellent customer relations and effective on-going communication with all levels of staff
- Places orders, maintains accurate and timely inventories and provides daily reports related to cost control.
- Assist with planning and executing special assignments and any required follow-up
- Conducts weekly sanitation inspections and establishes corrective action.
- Conducts and participates in staff meetings
- Ensures that employees work in compliance with established safe work practices and procedures
- Ensures that equipment and safe and healthy work conditions are maintained in their assigned area
- Visits patients to ensure food service quality and preferences are met
- Checks diet acceptance and suitability
- Ensures meals and snacks provided are reflective of patient's diet order, food preferences, and any other dietary needs
- Performs clerical duties and assists with planning and executing special assignments and follow-up
- Sets up nourishments and marks menus as per standard diet writing guidelines
- Acts as a liaison between Clinical and Food Service areas
- Conducts computerized nutritional analysis of menus, recipes and food records
- Promotes and maintains excellent customer relations and effective on-going communication
- with all levels of staff and clients
- Supports the Safety Program and reports all injuries and hazardous conditions immediately
- Other tasks, duties and assignments as directed by Manager
- Diploma in Food and Nutrition Management or Degree in Dietetics
- Eligibility for membership in CSNM. ONLY CANDIDATES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.
- English proficiency, verbal and written
- HACCP, WHMIS training
- Current vaccinations
- Food Safe Certification
- Security Clearance
- Problem Solving, Planning, and Organizational Skills
- Excellent Interpersonal and Team Building Skills
- Effective Communicator
- Ability to Select and Develop people
- Appreciate and Manage Diversity
