Food & Nutrition Services Director

About Us

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, located in Bakersfield, California, is an acute psychiatric and behavioral 90 bed facility situated on 8.8 acres.

We offer inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults needing mental/behavioral health, chemical dependency; and co-occurring disorders treatment through our medically supervised detoxification.

Within our Workplace Community, BBHH is striving daily to be one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK not just here in Kern County, but throughout the Behavioral Healthcare Community.

By offering amazing benefits, encouraging individual growth and development, and incorporating our CARES values system into our daily operations, we are creating a workplace culture where people enjoy coming to work each day.

BBHH CARES about your experience as a candidate and we encourage you to apply to our open positions.

Compassion

Acceptance

Respect

Empowerment

Sincerity

Our progressive and dedicated healthcare team strives to change the lives of our patients and provide exceptional care.

This is a fast-paced environment that requires critical thinking, exceptional leadership, teamwork, and communication skills.

Job Summary

The Dietary Director oversees all aspects of the Dietary Department, including staff, meal preparation, service, procurement, safety, and sanitation of the department.

What you'll be doing:

1. Coordinates all activities and employees to ensure quality food service.
2. Works collaboratively with a registered dietitian to ensure proper nutritional content of all food & snacks served to patients.
3. Ensures departmental compliance with all local, state, and federal licensing, certification, and accreditation and regulatory requirements.
4. Provides supervision and training to the nutrition service personnel.
5. Monitors the daily activities of the department personnel.
6. Scheduled the nutritional service staff according to the workload.
7. Ensures that appropriate sanitation and safety practices are being adhered to by staff.
8. Interviews and hires appropriate staff.
9. Counsels and evaluates nutrition server staff according to hospital policies and procedures.
10. Encourages continuity, teamwork, and quality service.
11. Tracks meal count statistics to develop into a monthly budget report.
12. Participates in activities that enhance professional growth and development.
13. Upholds the Organizations ethics and customer service standards.

Requirements

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Simply put: HUMANS WHO CARE

Though we do need to meet some minimum requirements for the position such as a High School Diploma and an appropriate degree and/or certification/license as defined below, we're really looking for people who bring their HEART to work.

If you have previous experience in a mental healthcare hospital environment where your attention was focused on human behavior, psychiatry, psychology, or other mental healthcare situations, your application to this position will be moved to the shortlist of candidates.

Minimum Education Requirements

1. Bachelor’s Degree with major studies in food and nutrition studies, dietetics, or food management

OR

1. A graduate of a dietetic technician training program approved by the American Dietetic Association, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education, or currently registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

OR

1. A graduate of a dietetic assistant training program approved by the American Dietetic Association.

OR

1. A graduate of a dietetic services training program approved by the Dietary Managers Association and is a certified dietary manager credentialed by the Certifying Board of the Dietary Managers Association, maintains this certification, and has received at least six hours of in-service training on the specific California dietary service requirements contained in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations prior to assuming full-time duties as a dietetic services supervisor at the health facility.

OR

1. A graduate of a college degree program with major studies in food and nutrition, dietetics, food management, culinary arts, or hotel and restaurant management and is a certified dietary manager credentialed by the Certifying Board of the Dietary Managers Association, maintains this certification, and has received at least six hours of in-service training on the specific California dietary service requirements contained in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations prior to assuming full-time duties as a dietetic services supervisor at the health facility.

OR

1. A graduate of a state-approved program that provides 90 or more hours of classroom instruction in dietetic service supervision, or 90 hours or more of combined classroom instruction and instructor-led interactive Web-based instruction in dietetic service supervision.

OR

1. Received training experience in food service supervision and management in the military, equivalent to the content listed above.

Work Experience:

Required: Three (3) years of experience in all phases of food service required with a minimum of one (1) year in a hospital food service environment.

Preferred: At least Two (2) years of experience in management with direct reports in a food service environment. Prior mass-production commercial food service work experience.

Certification/Licensure:

Required: Valid Food Protection Manager’s Food Handlers Certificate. Certified Dietary Manager.

Preferred: Registered Dietitian Licensure, Nutritionist Certifications

Salary Range: $90,547.63-$118,939.47

Benefits

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is proud to offer a suite of benefits to those who join our workplace community.

*Benefits eligibility varies based on employment status (full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.).

Some of the benefits you can expect as a Full-Time employee include:

• Paid Time Off

• over THREE WEEKS of Paid Time Off in your first year!!!

• Life Insurance

• Short-Term Disability Insurance

• Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Pet Insurance

• Accident Insurance

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Discounted Meals

• Employee Assistance Program

• TUITION REIMBURSEMENT