Food Service Manager

Overview

Title: Food Service Manager I
State Role

Title:

Food Service Manager I
Hiring Range: starting at $62,500 (commensurate based on experience)
Pay Band: 3
Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop
Location: Western State Hospital
Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

• An additional $3,500 will be added to base pay if currently certified as Certified Dietary Manager

Western State Hospital is seeking a full time Food Service Manager I to provide daily oversight, guidance, and coordination for Operations (tray assembly and sanitation), Production, Catering, Storeroom, Transportation and Office areas of the kitchen; serve as a Serv Safe proctor/instructor administrator of departmental HACCP food safety program to ensure explicit documentation for regulatory agencies such as VDH and JC; act as a primary assistant to Department director to coordinate food service operations and food service delivery intra- and interdepartmentally;

participate in budget development, tracking and cost containment, purchasing of food and equipment, personnel and administrative matters and ensures kitchen operations meet appropriate state and federal regulatory guidelines; collaborate with the Dietitians to develop appropriate therapeutic diets based on dietary restrictions; collaborate with RDs to perform meal rounds on units, counsel patients on dietary restrictions and document preference statements made by patients;

encourage vendors to obtain SWaM certification as per the agency SWaM Plan and Executive Order No. 20 (2014); and ensure requirements of the performance planning and evaluation system are met and evaluations are completed by established deadlines with proper documentation.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Extensive supervisory experience in food service

• Prior supervisory experience in institutional or hospital food service
• Formal education in management, nutrition, food service management or related field
• Prior experience with special diets
• Certified Dietary Manager credential (must be obtained within one year of employment if not currently certified)
• Serv Safe certified (must be obtained within one year of employment if not currently certified)
• Bilingual
• Veteran or veteran spouse

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Western State Hospital is a tobacco free facility in all state buildings and on facility grounds. Submit a completed state application online at  if assistance is needed, contact by email Samantha.

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If you are not connected to a printer, write down the confirmation number and then click on OK. Reasonable accommodations for the application and/or interview processes are available upon request to persons with disabilities per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. WSH is an EEO compliance facility.

In accordance with Executive Directive #18, as a condition of employment, the Commonwealth of Virginia requires all Executive Branch employees, including new hires and contract workers, to disclose their vaccination status. If you are the selected candidate, proof of vaccination will be required during new employee orientation on your first day of work. Employees that are not vaccinated must be tested weekly.

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