Dietary Director

Preferred Care Management; Brunswick Gardens (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical & Dental Benefits

Paid Time Off

Opportunity for Growth

Job summary

Preferred Care Management is seeking an experienced Dietary Director for a long-term care facility in Middlesex County, NJ. You will lead the dietary department, ensure quality standards, and collaborate with a team to provide safe, nutritious meals for residents.

The role requires planning menus, managing staff, and maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations governing the facility. Join a collaborative and efficient workplace focused on quality.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year experience in a supervisor capacity in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility or other related medical field is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, develop and direct the overall operation of the Dietary Department.
• Manage on-site dining services staff to achieve quality service, food safety and resident satisfaction.
• Maintain dining services within the prescribed budget and control costs.
• Oversee menu planning, food preparation, and adherence to company procedures.
• Conduct regular inspections of kitchens, storage, and serving areas for sanitation and safety compliance.
• Prepare schedules, track inventory, and ensure inventory control.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Food service management

Nutrition planning

Regulatory compliance

Job description

A long term care facility in Middlesex County is currently seeking an experienced Dietary Director . This candidate will join a wonderful team and help create a collaborative and efficient workplace with attention to quality standards and policies.

Dietary Director Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Medical & Dental Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• Opportunity for Growth

The primary purpose of the Dietary Director position is to assume responsibility for planning, organizing, developing and directing the overall operation of the Dietary Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations governing our facility.

• Assure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and insure that the dining services department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
• Manage on-site dining services management staff to achieve operating efficiencies in quality of service, food and beverage, resident satisfaction and financial performance.
• Maintains quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
• Determines quality and quantity of food required; plans menus and controls food costs; may be scheduled to prepare meals.
• Oversees the food preparation and cooking, to ensure meals are prepared per company procedures.
• Makes frequent inspections of all work, storage, and serving areas to determine that regulations governing food safety and sanitation are followed.
• Prepares cleaning schedule, production worksheet and staff schedules.
• Maintains inventory of food and nonfood items.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in a supervisor capacity in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility or other related medical field is required.

Job Type: Full-time