Dining and Nutritional Services Manager - PRN

CHSGa; Illinois; On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Blossom Health & Rehab in Illinois is seeking a Dining and Nutritional Services Supervisor to lead daily operations, manage staff, and ensure high-quality meal service in a non-profit, patient-focused setting.

The role emphasizes budget adherence, compliance with safety standards, training, and collaboration with administrators, patients, and families to deliver compassionate, nourishing care.

Qualifications

• Certified Dietary Manager certification or higher in related field.
• Associates degree or higher in Hospitality, Food Service Management, or Culinary.
• High school diploma or equivalent with valid food safety certification.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, organizes and directs functions of the Dining and Nutritional Services Department.
• Supervises staff with fair corrective actions and consistent application.
• Establishes effective communication across departments for positive working relationships.
• Assists with annual budgeting for Dining and Nutritional Services.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Maintains supplies and equipment within the department budget.
• Interacts with patients as liaison and plans in-service training as needed.
• Reviews and participates in hiring, onboarding, and staff development.
• Promotes safety and quality standards per licensure and survey requirements.

Skills

MS Office

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Certified Dietary Manager

Associates degree in Hospitality/Food Service Management/Culinary

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join us at

Cherry Blossom Health & Rehab

– a place where you’ll be valued, recognized and rewarded for the vital work you do each day. We’ll surround you with a strong team and leadership that supports every aspect of your life – both inside and outside of our centers. And you’ll get to practice your passion in a non-profit, mission-driven organization that’s known for the highest level of care in our communities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, develops, organizes and directs functions of Dining and Nutritional Services Department (including personnel and administrative etc.)

• Demonstrates appropriate/effective supervisory skills that include fair and uniformly applied corrective actions administered without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status.

• Establishes and maintains effective inter-departmental and inter-professional communication to provide positive working relationships.

• Assists with the preparation of the annual dining and nutritional center budget.

• Complies with established budget restraints.

• Maintains appropriate supplies and equipment necessary to perform job and in accordance with established departmental budget.

• Assumes responsibility for the Dining and Nutritional Services Department in compliance to federal, state, and local regulations.

• Evaluates and makes recommendations regarding the serving time of meals, sanitation, food handling procedures, and food service equipment.

• Evaluates food based on nutritional adequacy, method of preparation, taste, appearance, serving temperature, and portion size.

• Serves as a liaison between Dining and Nutritional Services Department and patients.

• May be required to plan and conduct in-service training programs.

• Evaluates, determines and maintains an adequate level of staffing for the Dining and Nutritional Services department in accordance with staffing budget.

• May be required to carry out duties of other Dining and Nutritional Services personnel as needed.

• Carries out the departmental implementation of procedural guidelines and job descriptions.

• Provides to the administrator appropriate reports/documentation to support departmental updates, corrective actions, evaluations, skills verifications and other as necessary.

• Participates in the hiring process to include interviewing, screening and selection of Dining and Nutritional Services associates.

• Reviews and responds to complaints/grievances (associate and/or patient or family) that concerns the Dining and Nutritional Services department.

• Maintains appropriate documentation in regards to incident/accidents and OSHA regulations.

• Maintains a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process.

• Reviews departmental functions to ensure compliance with current standard and procedural guidelines.

• Promotes the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and providing direct and open lines of communication.

• Contributes to the work of committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.

• Performs other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Proficient in using a computer, especially Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point.
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills required
• Effective and professional verbal, and written communication skills
• Communicates well with other associates, patients, family members, and visitors providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude. Responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring demeanor, answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Dietary Manager or Associates Degree or higher in Hospitality, Food Service Management, or Culinary
• A minimum of a H.S. diploma or its equivalent required.
• Must possess a valid food safety certification.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for directing the functions of the associates in the Dining and Nutritional Services department.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram format. The ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER APPLICATION SKILLS

This job requires proficiency with the following computer applications:

Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Please see minimum qualifications

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The associate frequently is required to walk. Use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The associate is occasionally required to stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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