JOB SUMMARY
Position: Director, Food Service Strategies & Initiatives
Company: Vancouver Coastal Health
Job Location: Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Full/Part Time: Regular Full Time
Salary: $52.11 - $74.90 per hour
Job Reference: 172950-esa
WORK PERFORMED
- Report to the Executive Director, Food Services.
- Be accountable for leading all Food Service Strategies and initiatives, relating to the quality and provision of services across Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
- Be responsible for the provision of leadership, planning and coordination of all Food services within assigned hospitals and long-term care facilities.
- Lead large-scale reviews of all food practices, procedures and systems with the goal of improving service provision, performance, quality and efficiency, and of enhancing the care service and environment.
- Provide leadership and accountability in the development of project charters and plans for any food service strategies and initiatives.
- Consult with internal stakeholders to prioritize strategies and initiatives, define project scope and lead the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines based on the strategic goals of VCH.
- Provide direction, oversight and coordination of project resources and leads the integration of any quality improvement findings and recommendations.
- Be responsible for overseeing food procurement in conjunction with Health Authority leads, regional menus and the operational delivery of the business processes provided by the food service information system including the planning, analysis, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the system.
- Create and maintains a high functioning integrated team that effectively incorporates subject matter expertise.
- Be responsible for building and maintaining exceptional customer relations that deliver consistent performance to commonly required standards.
- Master's degree in Business Administration or a related health care discipline.
- Ten (10) years' recent relevant experience in strategic and operational change and/or re-design initiatives encompassing the public, organizational network leaders, provincial representatives, physicians and staff; or an equivalent combination of experience, training and experience.
- Registration with the College of Dietitians of BC.
