Dietary Manager: Lead Nutrition, Budget & Staff

Gurnee Health and Rehab; Gurnee (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Dental and 

Vision

Paid Time Off for Sick, Vacation, and

Holidays

Employer Matched 401k

Daily Pay

Employee Perks Website

Competitive Pay

Job summary

Gurnee Health and Rehab is seeking a Dietary Manager to oversee nutritional planning and admin duties in a skilled nursing setting. You will hire and train staff, create budgets, and ensure compliance with health and safety codes while aligning meals with nutritional guidelines.

The role requires at least 1 year of dietary supervision experience, infection control knowledge, and solid computer skills; CDM certification preferred.

Qualifications

• 1 year working experience of dietary supervision in a skilled nursing or other medical facility.
• Knowledge of infection control, OHSA, safety regulations & nursing home regulations applicable to the dietary department.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• CDM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Meet State requirements for food service managers or dietary managers.
• Assuring that quality and regulatory standards are met.
• Plan and direct preparation for regular and therapeutic diets.
• Assure proper sanitation.
• Supervise culinary service staff members.
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward and discipline team members.
• Monitor dietary budget, spending and overtime.
• Use forecasts, food waste records, equipment and inventory records to plan the purchase of food, equipment and supplies.
• Inspect meals and assure that standards for appearance, palatability, temperature and serving times are met. INDother
• Assure that foods are prepared according to schedules, menus and standardized recipes.

Skills

Dietary supervision experience

Infection control knowledge

OHSA & safety regulations knowledge

Intermediate computer skills

Education

CDM certification

Job description

Gurnee Health and Rehab is seeking a Dietary Manager to oversee nutritional planning and admin duties in a skilled nursing setting. You will hire and train staff, create budgets, and ensure compliance with health and safety codes while aligning meals with nutritional guidelines.

The role requires at least 1 year of dietary supervision experience, infection control knowledge, and solid computer skills; CDM certification preferred.