Manager Nutrition and Food Services

**Date**:10 Sep 2024

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.
- Senior leadership opportunity
- Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
- Friendly and supportive team environment

**About the Role**:
This is a Permanent Full Time position as Manager Nutrition and Food Services. In this role you will be responsible for overseeing clinical dietetics services to inpatient medical/specialty units and to specialist outpatient clinics in the context of increasing demand and complexity. You will provide professional leadership and operational resonsibility for all aspects of the hospital's nutrition and food services. You will bring strong perational management and ability to carefully monitor budget across several cost centres and will act as a resource to the RCH in all aspects of nutrition and food services.

You will make a significant contribution to the overall leadership, strategic direction and operational performance of allied health services and programs in line with the RCH vision - A world where all kids thrive.

**What You'll Achieve**:

- Provide leadership, direction and support to achieve RCH’s strategic objectives, SOP deliverables/targets within the division
- Ensure a high-performance culture in accordance with RCH Compact within the area of responsibility, focused on RCH vision and values
- Provide operational managmeent and leadership of food services through RCH main kitchen and central formula room
- Act as a resource to the RCH in all aspects of nutrition and food services.

**Your Skills and Experience**:

- Eligibility for recognition as an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) or preferably as an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (Adv.APD)
- Eligibility for membership of the Institute of Hospitality in Healthcare;
- Significant experience in both a clinical environment and in a position of responsibility for human resource and budget management
- Extensive knowledge and experience in an acute health setting and proven ability to manage and lead effectively within a large complex health service
- Extensive knowledge of and/or experience with clinical governance, quality improvement and workforce development
- Relevant post-graduate qualification in Management, Public Health or related field preferred

If this sounds like you, click **here** **to view the position description.

**What we offer**:

- Excellent learning opportunities in supportive team environment
- Early Learning Centre childcare
- Parkville location and close to public transport

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their