Dietary Manager

Desoto Health; Town of Arcadia (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Desoto Health seeks a Dietary Manager to plan, direct, and monitor the Dietary Department to deliver high-quality nutrition care for residents. You will lead the team, coordinate with a consultant dietitian, and ensure adherence to dietary orders and safety standards.

You will establish menus, supervise purchasing and inventory, train staff, and develop policies to maintain cost-effective, compliant dietary services for residents.

Qualifications

• Educational requirements include high school graduate and CDM.
• Graduate of an approved Dietary Manager course and Certified as a Dietary Manager.
• Basic computer skills.
• Knowledge of general nutrition.
• Ability to hire, orientate, train, supervise and discipline dietary staff.
• Experience coordinating with consultant dietician and other departments.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement menu cycles for all diets.
• Purchase food and supplies per menus and maintain records of purchases.
• Perform monthly inventory and prepare reports.
• Hire, orientate, train, supervise and discipline dietary staff.
• Instructs and supervises staff in equipment use, sanitation, safety.
• Supervise production and serving of food to ensure diet orders are followed.
• Maintain dietary cards and updates with resident changes.
• Communicate residents’ nutritional needs to dietary staff.
• Attend staffing meetings with consultant dietician as needed.
• Monitor oxygen supplies and oversee Central Supply tasks (ordering, invoices, inventory).
• Develop and implement departmental policies and procedures.

Skills

Nutrition knowledge

Staff supervision

Hiring & training

Budgeting & purchasing

Basic computer skills

Interdepartmental coordination

Education

High school diploma

Dietary Manager Certification

Job description

Plans and directs the activities in Dietary Department to provide the highest quality of service and product to residents in a cost-effective manner. Responsible for initiating, completing, and maintaining nutritional care plans of residents.EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:High school graduate. Graduate of an approved Dietary Manager course and Certified as a Dietary Manager. Basic computer skills.SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:Knowledge of general nutrition. Able to promote cooperation between Dietary and other department employees. Works in conjunction with consultant dietician. Must be able to hire, orientate, train, supervise, evaluate, and discipline Dietary staff.Plans and implements menu cycles for all diets.Purchases food and supplies in accordance with menus.Maintains records of all purchases.Does monthly inventory and prepares reports.Hires necessary staff to provide dietary services to residents.Instructs and supervises Dietary staff in use and maintenance of equipment.Instructs staff in sanitation procedures.Instructs staff in safety procedures.Supervises production and serving of food by Dietary employees.Monitors service of food to ensure physician's diet orders are followed.Evaluates and disciplines Dietary employees.Conducts monthly Dietary meetings.Conducts Dietary in-services when necessary.Establishes work schedules for Dietary employees.Develops and implements written departmental policies and procedures.Interviews each new resident and completes diet history for resident.Completes nutritional assessments, develops a care plan, and makes chart note on each new resident. Updates a minimum of quarterly.Attends resident's staffing as needed.Completes Dietary cardex file and tray cards on each new resident. Updates when changes occur.Communicates residents’ nutritional needs to Dietary staff.Meets monthly with consultant dietician.Keep track of oxygen supplies to include ordering, reviewing invoices, inventory, etcOversee Central Supply, tasks include: ordering supplies, inventory, reviewing invoices, stocking supply closets