Operations Manager I Foodservice
Job Summary
Provides leadership, direction, and management oversight for continuous improvement of the standard Foodservice (FS) operating model within the facility; Provides staff leadership, making sound business decisions supporting the hospital’s mission and vision. Demonstrates leadership in providing an optimal environment for patient care, safety, service, and value. Manages the department's day-to-day operations; ensures consistently high-quality food and service to patients, visitors, and staff.
Job Duties
- Manages departmental budgets (e.g., capital, projects, supplies, operations).
- Ensures food is handled, packaged, stored, and disposed of by federal and state regulations and appropriate documentation is maintained.
- Manages the food service department's necessary and required resources and provides recommendations for staffing levels, products, and equipment.
- Completes all Human Resources responsibilities for interviewing, hiring, managing, staff development, corrective actions, and / or staff engagement needs.
- Responsible for all quality improvement initiatives regarding training, auditing, inspecting, rounding, and making recommendations as needed.
- Collaborates with the FS director to establish dashboard metrics to track operations and improvement initiatives.
- Promotes a culture of safety, hand hygiene, patient experience, employee engagement, and retention.
- Coordinates scheduling and oversees subcontractors and vendors.
- Supervises and/or performs on-call emergency services when needed.
- Compose general and technical reports.
- Establishes self as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) within foodservice, regulatory compliance, and training.
- Effectively employs computer programs and mobile devices, evidenced by proper log-ins, using applicable hardware or software, attaching files, composing appropriate email messages, and appropriately using internet browsers or sites.
- Takes a customer-centered approach when addressing the needs of and interacting with patients, visitors, guests, team members, and other healthcare workers.
Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job-specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
Position Details
*Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).
Education
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required), Bachelor's Degree- (Preferred)Experience
Minimum of 3 years-Managerial/Supervisory (Required), Minimum of 3 years-Relevant experience* (Preferred)Skills
Organizing; Manages Projects And Functions; Mentoring Skills; Builds Relationships; Critical ThinkingAbout Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Geisinger values who you are, where you are from, and where you are going. We seek out people of various backgrounds and cultures with unique abilities, non-traditional career paths and ambitious aspirations. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. Read more about Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruiting.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
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