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GENERAL SUMMARY

The Patient Services Supervisor plans, coordinates and manages all patient/resident nutrition care activities complying with the standards established by the company, regulatory agencies and client. Functions as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team to implement nutrition care plans. Reports to department leadership.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with management to establishes and maintains policies, standards and programs for the provision of optimal, cost-effective nutrition care to patients/residents. This includes coordinating and directing patient service activities and determining and implementing appropriate staffing levels.

• Develops goals and objectives for Patient Services to maintain high quality care.

• Utilizes equipment, resources and programs to provide efficient and high quality care.

• Supervises hires, evaluates and trains new employees including supervisors in accordance with company policy and regulatory standards.

• Monitors scheduling of employees by supervisors to assure compliance to budgetary guidelines and adequate staffing of the patient service segment.

• Monitors closely all operation of the patient service function to assure compliance to regulatory and client standards,

• Close adherence to scheduled time frames.

• Regular scheduling and performance of required sanitation tasks.

• Consistent surveying of the work area to be aware of safety hazards.

• Regular reporting and follow up required, assuring timely compliance to requests by the maintenance department.

• Recognizes and adopts activities appropriate to the specific needs of the patient population and demonstrates knowledge of specific issues directly related to age of patient population.

• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other facility departments to provide a unified approach to patient care.

• Monitors quality and portion control of food served to patients. Assures accuracy of regular and special diet trays. Initiates and evaluates quality assurance programs.

• Operates area of responsibilities within budgetary restrictions.

• Maintains established systems and training programs to provide a safe working environment. Complies with all OSHA regulations and other local, state and federal government regulations.

• Maintains compliance with company standards of operation and client contract. Maintains all records and reports necessary to comply with the company, government and accrediting agency standards, regulations and codes.

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• Required Licenses and/or Certifications

• None

• Preferred Licenses and/or Certifications

• None

  OTHER DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  May be required to perform any position within the department with proper instruction and guidance and/or training.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) from a 4-year college or university, plus 2 years’ experience in food service management required.

• Preferred Education and Experience

• None

• Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) effectively with clients, customers of client and support staff.

• Ability to write letters, summaries and reports, using prescribed format and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics.

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

• Requires management and leadership skills and the ability to work with confidential employee, client and company information.

• Ability to work well under time constraints; apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate effectively with team members, various levels of management, and internal and external contacts.

• Must be able to operate work equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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