Dietary Manager

The Pavilion at Piketon for Nursing and Rehabilitation; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursing facility in Jacksonville seeks a Dietary Manager to oversee dietary operations. This role involves managing staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and planning nutritious meals for residents, fostering a compassionate and supportive environment. The ideal candidate will hold relevant certifications and have significant experience in food service management, particularly in healthcare settings.

Benefits

Competitive Wages and Benefits Package

401(K) Plan

Paid Time Off

Positive and compassionate environment

Supportive Leadership team

Additional incentives

Qualifications

• Certification in food service management required.
• Two years in foodservice management and experience in healthcare food service preferred.
• Must meet state requirements for dietary managers.

Responsibilities

• Manage dietary operations and staff oversight.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
• Plan menus and monitor dietary needs of residents.

Skills

Food Safety Management

Budget Management

Staff Management

Education

Associate's or higher degree in food service management

Certification as a dietary manager

Certification as a food service manager

Job description

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Job Title: Dietary Manager

Location: The Pavilion at Jacksonville, 1771 Edgewood Ave W, Jacksonville, FL 32208

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: Negotiable

Position Summary

The Dietary Manager is responsible for overseeing the dietary operations in our skilled nursing facility. This includes managing staff, planning menus, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting nutritious and appealing meals for all residents in accordance with their dietary needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the budget and purchasing of food and supplies, and food preparation, services, and storage.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary environment.
• Oversee safe and timely meal preparation, including the provision of meals and/or supplements in accordance with residents’ needs, preferences, and care plans.
• Monitor regular and therapeutic diets, including texture of foods and liquids to meet the specialized needs of residents.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Participate in QAPI activities when food and nutrition services are involved.
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and, when necessary, terminate employees working in the Food and Nutrition Services department.
• Develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift.
• Monitor budgets for cost-effectiveness and manage any revenue generating services.
• Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory, and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies, and equipment.
• Follow standards and procedures for preparing food.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Certification as a dietary manager.
• Certification as a food service manager.
• Has similar national certification for food service management and safety from a national certifying body.
• Has an associate’s or higher degree in food service management or in hospitality, if the course of study includes food service or restaurant management, from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• 2 or more years of experience in the position of director of food and nutrition services in a nursing facility setting and has completed a course of study in food safety and management, by no later than October 1, 2023, that includes topics integral to managing dietary operations including, but not limited to, foodborne illness, sanitation procedures, and food purchasing/receiving.
• Must also meet State requirements for food service managers or dietary managers.
• Two years’ experience in foodservice management.
• Prior experience in healthcare foodservice preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive Wages and Benefits Package
• 401(K) Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Positive and compassionate environment
• Supportive Leadership team
• Additional incentives

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care