Food Services Lead

**Everything we do is underscored by a why - and that why is one another.**

**Location:**

Altru Hospital | Devils Lake
1031 7th Street Northeast
Devils Lake, ND 58301

Pay Range: $17.92 - $26.88

**Summary:**

The Lead Nutrition Services oversees daily operations, ensuring efficient performance and adherence to healthcare standards. This role supports and trains staff, manages scheduling, and collaborates with dietitians to meet patient dietary needs, including specialized meal plans. Responsibilities include monitoring food preparation for quality and safety, addressing patient concerns, maintaining regulatory compliance, and conducting inspections to uphold cleanliness standards. Additionally, the Lead assists in menu development and maintains accurate records related to food safety, inventory, and training.

**Essential Job Functions:**

* Assists with daily operations of the Nutrition Services team, ensuring tasks are performed efficiently and according to healthcare standards.

* Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, including HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) standards.

* Collaborates with dietitians and clinical staff to ensure patient dietary needs and preferences are met, including specialized meal plans for patients with specific medical conditions.

* Monitors food preparation and service to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with dietary guidelines.

* Address patient and family concerns related to nutrition services and resolve issues promptly.

* Ensures adherence to all healthcare regulations, food safety standards, and organizational policies.

* Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

**Work Experience:**

• Required: A minimum of 1 year Related Experience

**Language Requirements:**

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

**Physical Demands :**

• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)

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• Stand: Frequently (34-66%)

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• Walk: Frequently (34-66%)

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• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)

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• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

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• Crawl: Not Applicable

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• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)

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• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)

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• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)

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• See: Continuously (67-100%)

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• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

**Weight Demands:**

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Medium (20-40 pounds)

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• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)

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• Push/Pull: Medium (20-40 pounds)

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• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

**Working Conditions:**

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)

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• Outdoor: Not Applicable

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• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

**Driving Requirement Definitions:**

* **Professional Drivers:** Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
* **Frequent Drivers:** Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
* **Occasional Drivers** : Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
* **Infrequent Drivers:** Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

**Driving Requirement for this position:**

Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R7703

**Making a real difference. For one another.**

To take the best care of our patients and community - including friends, family, and neighbors - we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.

At Altru, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.

Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO)