Dietary Manager

Live Well Healthcare Solutions; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Insurance

Job summary

Live Well Healthcare Solutions seeks a Certified Dietary Manager to oversee food-service operations in a Skilled Nursing Facility. You will lead staff, plan menus with client needs, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance, coordinating with the Registered Dietitian as needed.

The role emphasizes budgeting, staffing, and quality food service aligned with client and facility standards, with opportunities to impact patient nutrition and care.

Qualifications

• Graduate of Dietary Manager’s Course (2- or 4-year program)
• Certified Dietary Manager exam passed
• Two years of food-service management experience
• Healthcare food service experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the food-service department per facility policy and regs
• Lead, train, coach, schedule, and evaluate staff
• Develop and monitor department budget and cost controls
• Manage menu planning and client dietary preferences
• Ensure food safety and sanitation per HACCP guidelines
• Coordinate with RD for nutrition plans and MDS-related tasks

Skills

Leadership and supervision

Staff coaching

Budgeting and cost control

Menu planning

Food safety HACCP

Dietary planning with RD

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

Dietary Manager course

2- or 4-year food-service program

Certified Dietary Manager exam

Healthcare food service experience

Job description

Live Well Healthcare Solutionstakes personal pride in serving our communities with our Dietary, Housekeeping, and Laundry services, and the standards of excellence we maintain are reflective of that. At Live Well, we take pride in being here for our employees; whatever they need, whatever it takes. If you are looking for an exciting and challenging career opportunity in hospitality services for the healthcare industry, then Live Well Healthcare Solutions could be for you.

Live Well Healthcare Solutionsis seeking a Certified Dietary Manager to work in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Summary of Work:

Responsible for the daily operations of food-service department according to facility policy and procedures & federal/state regulations. Provides leadership and guidance to ensure that food quality, safety standards, and client expectations are satisfactorily met. Maintains records of department personnel, income and expenditures, food, supplies, inventory levels, and equipment.

Operations Management

• Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and when necessary, terminate employees
• Develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift
• Create and monitor budgets for a cost-effective program
• Manage revenue generating services
• Justify improvements in the department design and layout
• Work cooperatively with clients, facility staff, physicians, consultants, vendors, and other service providers

Food-service Management

• Specify standards and procedures for preparing food
• Participate in menu planning including responding to client preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends
• Inspect meals and assure that standards for appearance, palatability, temperature, and servings times are met
• Manage the preparation and service of special nourishment and supplemental feedings
• Assure that foods are prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes

Food Safety

• Assure safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food
• Protect food in all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation, using HACCP Guidelines
• Prepare cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to ensure food safety
• Ensure proper sanitation and safety practices of staff

Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy

• Process new diet orders and diet changes; keeps diet cards updated
• Complete the assigned MDS section according to required timeline
• Determine client diet needs and develop appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with RD and in compliance with physicians’ orders
• 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
• Review, revise, and implement, in cooperation with the IDT, the client’s nutrition assessment and plan of care
• Supports Registered Dietitian duties as needed

General Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skill in motivating, coaching, and supervising food-service personnel
• Intermediate computer skills
• Has effective written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Has current awareness of legislation and regulations influencing the practice of standards of care

Education and Requirements – *This may vary depending on location

• Graduate of Dietary Manager’s Course, 2-yr, or 4-yr food-service program
• Successful completion of Certified Dietary Manager exam
• Two years’ experience in food-service management
• Prior experience in healthcare, food service preferred

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Insurance

AR7