Food Service Director

Athena Health Care Systems; North Easton (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive and Weekly Pay

Holiday Pay for Hourly and Salaried

Overtime Pay for Hourly Employees

Career Advancement Opportunities

Exclusive Employer Discount Program

Employer Paid Life Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

Vacation and Personal Time

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Job summary

Southeast Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center in North Easton is hiring a Director of Dining Services to lead the dining team and ensure high-quality, safe nutritional services. The role is salaried with weekly pay, overseeing all aspects of menu planning, therapeutic diets, and service delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, accredited dietetic training, and supervisory experience in a medical setting, with cost control and food management knowledge.

Qualifications

• Must possess high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have completed accredited dietetic training approved by the ADA and state agencies.
• Minimum two years supervisory experience in hospital or skilled nursing or related medical field preferred.
• Training in cost control, food management, and diet therapy.

Responsibilities

• Meet sanitation standards.
• Provide point of service meal delivery.
• Follow therapeutic diet guidelines with proper temperatures and serving times.
• Educate department staff in all dining service functions.
• Assure planning, preparation and serving of all therapeutic diets.
• Maintain dining service equipment in a clean, safe manner.
• Maintain inventory according to policy including emergency supply.
• Screen staff for communicable disease.
• Menu planning with guidelines of the dietician.
• Ensure menus adhered to with appropriate substitutions per policy.
• Delegate authority in absence.
• Provide dining services for in-house functions.
• Ensure quality and quantity of all deliveries.
• Demonstrate correct safety techniques.
• Protect residents’ health information privacy.
• Maximize potential of each supervised employee and conduct evaluations.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Cost control training

Dietary management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Accredited dietetic training approved by ADA and state agencies

Job description

We are hiring a Director of Dining Services to join our dynamic care team at Southeast Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center in North Easton!

Salaried role up to $39 an hour with weekly pay. Southeast is a 171-bed skilled nursing facility.

As the department head, the primary purpose of your position is to assume responsibility for planning, organizing, developing and directing the overall operation of the Dining Services Department to ensure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and insure that the dining services department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.

Education and Experience:

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Must have completed an accredited course in dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association and state agencies.
• A minimum of two (2) years experience in a supervisor capacity in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility or other related medical field is preferred.
• Training in cost control, food management, diet therapy, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Meet sanitation standards.
• Must be able to provide point of service meal delivery.
• Follow all therapeutic diet guidelines including proper temperatures and serving times.
• Educate department staff in all aspects of dining service functions.
• Assure the planning, preparation, and serving of all therapeutic diets.
• Maintain all dining service equipment in a clean, and safe manner.
• Maintain sufficient inventory according to policy/procedure including emergency supply.
• Assure that staff is screened for communicable disease.
• Formulate menu planning with guidelines of dietician.
• Assure that menus are accurately adhered to and appropriate substitutions are made per policy.
• Delegate authority to competent staff in his/her absence.
• Provide dining services for any/all in-house functions.
• Ensure quality and quantity of all deliveries.
• Demonstrate correct safety techniques.
• Is knowledgeable in and ensures staff comply with privacy practices to protect residents’ health information.
• Maximize the potential of each employee supervised and maintain up to date evaluations.

Benefits:

• Competitive and Weekly Pay
• Holiday Pay for Hourly and Salaried Employees
• Overtime Pay for Hourly Employees
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Exclusive Employer Discount Program

Available for Eligible Team Members:

• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Vacation and Personal Time
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. Athena Health Care Systems and its managed centers follow federal and state mandatory guidelines regarding staff vaccinations; our vaccination policy requires all newly hired staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they receive an approved exemption from Athena, except where prohibited by state law.