Position: Director of Nutrition Services
Department: Nutrition Services
Location: Glencoe, MN
Remote Work: No
Position Type: Full-Time Exempt
Shift: Days
Schedule: This is a full-time exempt position requiring a minimum commitment of 40 hours per week. While primarily day hours, the individual schedule may vary to support departmental operations.
Weekend Rotation: N/A
Holiday Rotation: N/A
Position Summary:
The Nutrition Services Director provides strategic, administrative, and operational leadership for Nutrition Services across GRH, including Acute Care, GlenFields, Orchard Estates, employee dining, catering, and other assigned food service operations. The Director is accountable for safe, high-quality, person-centered, and financially responsible food and nutrition services. The position leads the Nutrition Services team, ensures appropriate Registered Dietitian involvement, maintains regulatory readiness, and establishes systems for staffing, food safety, quality, customer experience, fiscal stewardship, and continuous improvement.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in food and nutrition, dietetics, hospitality, food service management, business, healthcare administration, or a related healthcare field preferred.
- Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional (CDM, CFPP) credential required at the time of hire or must be obtained within 12 months of hire.
- Minimum of three years of progressive food service management experience; healthcare or senior living experience strongly preferred.
- Supervisory, budgeting, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement experience required.
- ServSafe Manager or equivalent food protection certification required within 90 days unless already held.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated leadership, communication, change management, and employee development skills.
- Working knowledge of healthcare food service regulations, therapeutic diet systems, food safety, QAPI, and survey readiness.
- Ability to analyze labor, food cost, productivity, satisfaction, and quality data and implement corrective action.
- Strong computer skills, including scheduling, menu, productivity, and Microsoft 365 applications.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation decisions are made based off of several factors including relevant work experience, education, certification and licensure as well as internal equity. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of their salary range.
Salary Range: $70,000 to $95,000 annually
Wages are just one part of our employee compensation package. To review our Employee Benefits, visit Employee Benefits | Glencoe Regional Health
