Dietary Manager - Healthcare facility

Aventura Health Group; Ohio; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

License renewal cost coverage

Comprehensive benefits package

401k retirement plan

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Aventura at Oakwood Village in Springfield, Ohio, seeks a Certified Dietary Manager to lead the Dietary Department under the supervision of the Dietitian. The role focuses on planning, organizing, directing operations, and ensuring nutritional services meet state and federal standards.

The position offers a $250 sign-on bonus, and the ideal candidate will have a CDM and at least one year of supervisory experience in a hospital or skilled nursing setting.

Qualifications

• Must be a Certified Dietary Manager.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Graduate of an accredited dietetic training program (ADA approved).
• Minimum 1 year supervisory experience in hospital or nursing facility.
• Training in cost control, food management, and diet therapy.
• Must be registered as a Food Service Director in this state.
• Familiarity with state laws and regulations governing dietary functions in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate dietary services with Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.
• Develop and implement departmental policies, procedures, and equipment needs.
• Assist in resident dietary assessments and plans of care.
• Schedule care plans and assessments for committee review.
• Ensure care plans are used in daily dietary service planning.
• Identify equipment needs and ensure proper maintenance and sanitation.
• Review and revise care plans and assessments quarterly.
• Provide substitute foods when residents refuse certain items.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Regulatory knowledge

Nutrition expertise

Education

Certified Dietary Manager

High school diploma or equivalent

Food Service Director registration (state)

Job description

Certified Dietary Manager - CDM $250 Sign-on Bonus!

Join our compassionate healthcare team as a Dietary Manager, where your leadership and nutrition expertise directly enhance residents' health and quality of life.

$250 Sign-on Bonus!

**MUST BE A CERTIFIED DIETARY MANAGER**

The primary purpose of the Dietary Manager at Aventura at Oakwood Village in Springfield, Ohio, is to assist the Dietitian in 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. May be directed by the Administrator, to assure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and that the dietary department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.

Essential Job Functions:

• Coordinates dietary services and activities with other related departments (i.e., Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.)
• Assists the dietary staff in the development and use of departmental policies, procedures, equipment, supplies, etc.
• Assist in developing preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the dietary needs of each resident.
• Assist in the developing a written dietary plan of care (preliminary and comprehensive) that identifies the dietary problem/needs of the resident and the goals to be accomplished for each dietary problem/need identified.
• Assist in the scheduling of care plans and assessments to be presented and discussed at each committee meeting.
• Ensure that all dietary personnel are aware of the care plan and that care plans are used in planning daily dietary services for the resident
• Ensure that the care plan identifies any special equipment and utensils the resident may need (e.g., plate guard, enlarged silverware handles, etc.)
• Review and revise care plans and assessments as necessary, but at least quarterly.
• Provide substitute foods of similar nutritive value to residents who refuse foods served.
• Must be competent in the use of kitchen equipment as well as their maintenance and sanitation: Blender, Meat Slicer, Steam Table, Refrigerator/Freezers, Can Opener, Dishwasher, Garbage Disposal, Coffee Maker, Plate Warmer, Toaster, and Oven & Range.
• Inspects food storage rooms, utility/janitorial closets, etc., for upkeep and supply control.
• Processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services.
• Assists in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job-related dietary functions to ensure that tasks involving potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.

What We Offer!

• Company covers the cost of renewal of your CDM license.
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401k Retirement account
• Opportunity for career growth and advancement

Education/Experience:

• Must possess, a minimum, a high school diploma or equivalent
• Must be a Certified Dietary Manager (required)
• Be a graduate of an accredited course in dietetic training, approved by the American Dietetic Association.
• Must have, as a minimum, 1 year experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital or nursing facility
• Must have training in cost control, food management, diet therapy, etc.
• Must be registered as a Food Service Director in this state.
• Must be knowledgeable of dietary practices and procedures as well as the state law, regulations, and guidelines governing dietary functions in the long-term care facility.

Required education:

• High school or equivalent

Required experience and certification:

• Certified Dietary Manager: 1 year
• Hospital or skilled nursing: 1 year