Certified Dietary Manager

Humphreys-County-Care-and-Reha; Waverly (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Humphreys County Care and Rehab is seeking an Assistant Dietary Manager to oversee daily operations of the dietary department, ensuring quality meals and compliance with dietary standards. You will report to the Dietary Manager and assist with planning and service.

You will help develop schedules, monitor budgets, order food and supplies, and coordinate with nursing staff to meet resident needs and therapeutic diets.

Responsibilities

• Assist to develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift.
• Assist to create and monitor budgets for a cost-effective program.
• Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies and equipment.
• Work cooperatively with clients, facility staff, physicians, consultants, vendors and other service providers.
• Specify standards and procedures for preparing food.
• Participate in menu planning, including responding to resident preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends.
• Process new diet orders and diet changes; keep diet cards updated.
• Determine client diet needs and develop appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with RD and in compliance with physicians' orders.
• With the Dietary Manager review plan of care related to nutritional status; document concerns that can be resolved, improved, or addressed to improve client's nutritional status and eating function.
• Ensures incidents are completed before end of shift correctly with all information on checklist.
• Provides supervision to the dietary staff and serves as a resource for resident-centered care.

Job description

Assistant Dietary Manager

POSITION GOAL: This position must provide management for the Dietary Department, ensuring quality food. The Assistant Dietary Manager will report to the Dietary Manager and will direct and assist the preparation and serving of regular meals and therapeutic diets, order food and supplies and maintain area and equipment in sanitary condition, and assure the smooth operation with other nursing home departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist to develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift.
• Assist to create and monitor budgets for a cost-effective program.
• Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies and equipment.
• Work cooperatively with clients, facility staff, physicians, consultants, vendors and other service providers.
• Specify standards and procedures for preparing food.
• Participate in menu planning, including responding to resident preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends.
• Process new diet orders and diet changes; keep diet cards updated.
• Determine client diet needs and develop appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with RD and in compliance with physicians' orders.
• With the Dietary Manager review plan of care related to nutritional status; document concerns that can be resolved, improved, or addressed to improve client's nutritional status and eating function.
• Ensures incidents are completed before end of shift correctly with all information on checklist.
• Provides supervision to the dietary staff and serves as a resource for resident-centered care.

Humphreys County Care and Rehab is dedicated to providing the best possible care of the sick and elderly. We will comply in every respect with TItle VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. Humphreys County Care and Rehab will not discriminate on the basis or race, color, age, handicap, religion or national origin in any activity carried on by the faciity affecting the care and treatment of the patients or in the hiring of staff to provide services. Humphreys County Care and Rehab will not discriminate toward any applicant for admission or employment regardless of source of payment. Humphreys County Care and Rehab is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We adhere to all regulations pertaining to the Americans with Disability Act.