Program Administration and Regulatory Compliance
- Directs and evaluates CNP operations to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including USDA, ALSDE, NSLP, SBP, and applicable Office of Inspector General (OIG) requirements.
- Ensures program integrity through accurate meal counting, claiming, reimbursement, reporting, recordkeeping, and required documentation.
- Conducts program monitoring, operational reviews, and audits to identify deficiencies and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Maintains required program records and ensures timely submission of reports and documentation for regulatory reviews and audits.
- Monitors regulatory changes and provides technical assistance and training to support ongoing compliance.
Food Service Operations and Nutritional Oversight
- Provides administrative oversight of food production, meal service, and distribution at both hospital locations to ensure safe, nutritious, and quality meals.
- Monitors menus, recipes, portion sizes, meal components, and production records to ensure compliance with USDA meal patterns, nutritional standards, reimbursable meal requirements, and applicable Food Buying Guide guidelines.
- Ensures appropriate accommodations for special dietary needs and medically necessary meal modifications in coordination with clinical, educational, and residential personnel.
- Monitors food quality, presentation, customer satisfaction, and program participation.
Financial Management and Procurement
- Oversee program budgets, expenditures, financial controls, and vendor invoices to ensure fiscal accountability and cost-effective operations.
- Reconciles vendor invoices against documented meals served, meal counts, and reimbursement claims and ensures discrepancies, credits, discounts, and rebates are appropriately addressed.
- Ensures proper identification, utilization, and crediting of USDA Foods to maximize the School Food Authority's (SFA) entitlement and financial benefit.
- Oversees procurement and purchasing practices to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state requirements, including USDA Buy American provisions and documentation of allowable exceptions.
- Ensures USDA Foods are used only for allowable CNP purposes and financial records appropriately distinguish reimbursable meals from employee, adult, and other non-reimbursable food service activities.
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Risk Management
- Establishes and monitors food safety and sanitation standards for food preparation, storage, transportation, and service.
- Ensures compliance with applicable food safety requirements, including temperature controls, labeling, dating, inventory rotation, sanitation, and employee safety.
- Maintains oversight of required food safety records, inspections, audits, and corrective action procedures.
- Develop operational procedures for emergency and disaster-related food service needs.
Courteous and respectful attitudes towards consumers, visitors and co-workers
- Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion
- Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality
- Is pleasant and cooperative with others
- Assists consumers and visitors as needed
- Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
- Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences
- Is gentle and calm with consumers and families
Administrative and Other Related Duties as Assigned
- Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities
- Actively participates in AltaPointe committees as required
- Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Accesses appropriate community resources according to consumer needs
- Follows AltaPointe policies and procedures
- Maintains current license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), if applicable, and attends regular workshops and in-services