Dietary Manager CDM

Sweetwater Care; Corning (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care in Corning, CA seeks a Dietary Manager to oversee the dietary department, ensuring high-quality food service and nutritional care for residents. You will manage staff, supervise menu planning, and enforce safe food handling practices in a regulated healthcare setting.

The role emphasizes supervising dietary staff, coordinating with the food service director, and maintaining compliance with state food safety regulations and dietary standards.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in hospital or long-term care dietary department desirable.
• Strong understanding of food service management and quality control.
• Certification and training as required for dietary management and food safety

Responsibilities

• Assists with food ordering, storage and preparation as designated by the food service director.
• Makes and records menu changes under the direction of the food service director.
• Ensures safe food handling techniques are used.
• Maintains standards for food preparation and quality of food service; uses nutritionally equivalent substitutes when required.
• Assures dietary staff follows standardized recipes.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Food service management

Quality control

Education

Dietary manager training program approved by DMA/State Health Department

Food safety certification per state regulations

Job description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Manage the overall functions of the dietary department to ensure the provision of quality food service and nutritional care.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Certification in food safety as required by state regulations. Graduate of dietary manager training program approved by the Dietary Manager’s Association and/or State Health Department preferred
• Two to three years of supervisory experience in hospital or long-term care facility dietary department desirable.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists with food ordering, storage and preparation as designated by the food service director
• Makes and records menu changes under the direction of the food service director
• Ensures that safe food handling techniques are used
• Maintains standards for food preparation and quality of food service; uses nutritionally equivalent substitutes when required
• Assures that dietary staff follows standardized recipes.

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