Experience

ELDERWOOD ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Retired

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Elderwood Administrative Services

• Sr. Director of Supply Chain

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2020



RRHA JVC/Seagate Alliance

• Director Supply Chain Solutions

  • Jan 2004 - Sep 2016

  Responsible for development and management of local foodservice and housekeeping contract portfolios as well as monitoring and liason for Premier foodservice and housekeeping contract portfolios for membership of over 1000 including acute and long term healthcare facilities, K-12 and college and university educational facilities, hospitality, etc. Responsible for development and management of local foodservice and housekeeping contract portfolios as well as monitoring and liason for Premier foodservice and housekeeping contract portfolios for membership of over 1000 including acute and long term healthcare facilities, K-12 and college and university educational facilities, hospitality, etc.



United Shared Svc

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Nutritional Services

  • 1994 - Dec 2003



Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

• Co-Director of Food and Nutritional Services

  • 1993 - 1994

  *Responsibilities were expanded to include Food Service as well as Nutrition Services*Position was still in the developmental stage, however the objective was for me to co-direct the aspects of food serice that related to patient food service and continue to direct all aspects of clinical nutrition services

• Director of Nutritional Care Services

  • 1992 - 1993

  *As a result of management reorganization and in response to a proposal I submitted, in addition to previous responsibilities as Chief Dietitian, Nutritional Care Services was established as a cost center separate from Food Services; I was named Director of Nutritional Care Services*Reported directly to administration*Direct responsibility and control over budget and staffing*Member of the management team

• Chief Dietitian

  • 1978 - 1992

  *Responsible for nutritional screening, assessment, care planning, education and quality assurance/enhancement of nutritional care services for 349 bed teaching hospital and 74 bed Skilled Nursing Facility*Responsible for the development and supervision of Outpatient Nutrition Counseling Service and other outpatient nutrition education programs*Directly supervised 6 registered dietitians, 11 diet technicians, 1 secretary and 4 nutrition office clerks*Responsible for employee hiring, training, development and evaluation*Responsible for having proposed and implemented a number of income producing wellness programs for the hospital including Outpatient Nutrition Counseling Service (the first such service in Buffalo), the "Cooking for Heart" program, Lifesteps weight control program, and the Gluten Free Diet Support Group*Responsible for writing hospital cycle menus for regular and all therapeutic diets and determining specifications for appropriate food items for patient food service*Responsible for development and ongoing review and update of department goals and objectives, policies, procedures, job descriptions, hospital diet manual, diet instruction materials, enteral nutrition formulary, etc.*Involved in frequent writing of proposals including those for development of a multi-disciplinary Nutrition Care Committee, purchase of the SPA/Carex Diet Office Management system, new services, requests for increased staff, etc.*Served on a number of different hospital committees

• Clinical Dietitian

  • 1975 - 1978

  *Responsible for nutritional assessment, care planning, charting, diet instructions for approximately 100 medical patients*Supervised dietetic technician assigned to same unit as well as dietary aides who served trays on unit*Served as Chief Dietitian in her absence*Shared responsibility for teaching Diabetic Diet Classes