Food Service Director

Infinity Healthcare Consulting; Columbia City (IN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Sick Time

Group Health Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Life insurance plans

Disability plans

401K

Job summary

Infinity Healthcare Consulting is seeking a Dietetic Services Director to oversee the dietary department in a long-term care facility, ensuring safe, nutritious meals and adherence to federal, state, and local standards.

CDM certificate preferred and LTC experience preferred; you will coordinate dietary services with Nursing, plan meals, develop care plans, supervise staff, and ensure menus meet physician orders and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• CDM certificate preferred.
• Previous LTC experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates dietary services with Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.
• Assist in developing preliminary and comprehensive dietary assessments and care plans.
• Schedule care plans and assessments for committee meetings.
• Ensure care plans are used in daily dietary services and identify any special equipment needs.
• Review and revise care plans quarterly and ensure staff follow approved plans.
• Provide substitute foods of similar nutritive value when residents refuse meals.
• Maintain kitchen equipment and sanitation standards.
• Inspect storage rooms and keep supply control up to date.
• Assist in identifying and classifying dietary functions and exposure risks.
• Assist in planning discharge dietary services.
• Participate in facility surveys and interviews for diet history.
• Develop methods to determine quality and quantity of food served.
• Ensure diet progress notes accurately reflect services and resident responses.
• Maintain and file menus per policy.
• Liaise with families and residents about meal planning.
• Visit residents to evaluate meal quality and preferences.
• Involve residents/families in setting objectives and goals.
• Plan regular and special diet menus as prescribed by physicians.
• Review diet plans for compliance with physician orders.
• Review dietary requirements during admissions and plan accordingly.
• Ensure nourishing snacks are offered at bedtime.
• Make daily rounds to ensure duties are performed.
• Attend mandatory meetings and in-services.
• Other duties as assigned by the Administrator.

Job description

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A comprehensive benefit package includes:

Paid Sick Time

Group Health Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Life insurance plans

Disability plans

401K

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary purpose of your job position is 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, and as 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.

A CDM certificate preferred.

Previous LTC experience preferred.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

A. Role Responsibilities – Job Knowledge/Duties:

1. Coordinates dietary services and activities with other related departments (i.e., Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.)

2. Assists the dietary staff in the development and use of departmental policies, procedures, equipment, supplies, etc.

3. Assist in developing preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the dietary needs of each resident

4. 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

5. Assist in the scheduling of care plans and assessments to be presented and discussed at each committee meeting

6. 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

7. Ensure that the care plan identifies any special equipment and utensils the resident may need (e.g., plate guard, enlarged silverware handles, etc.)

8. Review and revise care plans and assessments as necessary, but at least quarterly

9. Provide substitute foods of similar nutritive value to residents who refuse foods served

10. 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

11. Inspects food storage rooms, utility/janitorial closets, etc., for upkeep and supply control

12. Processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services

13. 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

14. Assists in planning the dietary services portion of the resident’s discharge plan

15. Participates in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies

16. Interviews residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history

17. Assists in developing methods for determining quality and quantity of food served

18. Ensures that charted dietary progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service

19. Ensures that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with established policies and procedures

20. Maintains an adequate liaison with families and residents as necessary

21. Visits residents periodically to evaluate the quality of meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.

22. Involves the resident/family in planning objectives and goals for the resident

23. Assists in planning regular and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician

24. Assists in developing diet plans for individual residents

25. Reviews therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure they are in compliance with the physician’s orders

26. Reviews the dietary requirements of each resident admitted to the facility, as may be required, and assist the attending physician in planning for the resident’s prescribed diet plan

27. Ensures that residents are offered a nourishing snack at bedtime

28. Makes daily rounds to assure that dietary personnel are performing required duties and to assure that appropriate dietary procedures are being rendered to meet the needs of the facility

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30. Others duties as assigned by the Administrator

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, This company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.