System Director - Nutrition Services

Join a team that shares your calling

At MultiCare, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: M-F

Position Summary

The Director of Nutrition Services and Retail Operations is responsible for system wide direction, development, implementation and evaluation of Nutrition Services and Retail Operations program(s). The Director establishes, directs and monitors strategic initiatives to ensure the Nutrition Services program is operational and continually improving; ensures interdependent business units are cost-effective, competitive and relevant to their market(s); provides subject matter expertise on Nutrition Services; establishes strategies, key metrics, customer service excellence standards, and service level agreements; monitors program performance and performance improvement activities; ensures continual survey and regulatory readiness/compliance; assures a highly reliable and safe Nutrition Services program is planned and maintained; creates and establishes policies and standard operating procedures/protocols in accordance with national, state, local, and Joint Commission requirements; and provides program leadership oversight to embedded Nutrition Services leaders in highly matrixed teams across the MultiCare System.

Hospital-based leaders may have a dual matrixed reporting structure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required -Food and Nutrition, Master’s degree preferred, RD preferred
• Eight (8) years of professional/technical experience in a healthcare environment
• Five (5) years of progressive experience in a managerial or supervisory capacity

Why MultiCare?

Rooted in the local community

Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.

Growth and education

Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.

Well-being and support

Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.

Living our values

Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.

Belonging for all

Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.

Pacific Northwest lifestyle

Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $124,425.60 - $179,046.40 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.