Healthcare Dining Services Director

Towne Nursing Staff; Berlin (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Insurance Benefits

Job summary

Live Well Healthcare Solutions is seeking a Certified Dietary Manager to oversee the food-service department in a Skilled Nursing Facility. This role leads operations, menus, safety, and nutrition planning in collaboration with dietitians and medical staff.

The candidate should have a Dietary Manager’s Course or higher, pass the CDM exam, and bring at least two years of healthcare food-service management experience. This on-site position offers PTO and benefits for full-time staff.

Qualifications

• Graduate of Dietary Manager’s Course (2-year or 4-year program) or equivalent.
• Successful completion of Certified Dietary Manager exam.
• Two years’ experience in food-service management.
• Prior experience in healthcare, food service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and when necessary, terminate employees.
• Develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift.
• Create and monitor budgets for a cost-effective program.
• Manage revenue generating services.
• Justify improvements in the department design and layout.
• Work cooperatively with clients, facility staff, physicians, consultants, vendors, and other service providers.
• Specify standards and procedures for preparing food.
• Participate in menu planning including responding to client preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends.
• Inspect meals and assure that standards for appearance, palatability, temperature, and serving times are met.
• Manage the preparation and service of special nourishment and supplemental feedings.
• Assure that foods are prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes.
• Assure safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food.
• Protect food in all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation, using HACCP Guidelines.
• Prepare cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to ensure food safety.
• Ensure proper sanitation and safety practices of staff.
• Process new diet orders and diet changes; keep diet cards updated.
• Complete the assigned MDS section according to required timeline.
• Determine client diet needs and develop dietary plans with RD and physician orders.
• Review plan of care related to nutritional status and address concerns.
• Review, revise, and implement nutrition assessment and care plan with the IDT.
• Support Registered Dietitian duties as needed.
• Demonstrate professional knowledge and current awareness of regulations affecting standards of care.

Skills

Leadership & coaching

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Organizational skills

Regulatory knowledge

Team supervision

Dietary program knowledge

Education

Dietary Manager’s Course (2-year) or 4-year food-service program

Certified Dietary Manager exam completed

Job description

Live Well Healthcare Solutions is seeking a Certified Dietary Manager to oversee the food-service department in a Skilled Nursing Facility. This role leads operations, menus, safety, and nutrition planning in collaboration with dietitians and medical staff.

The candidate should have a Dietary Manager’s Course or higher, pass the CDM exam, and bring at least two years of healthcare food-service management experience. This on-site position offers PTO and benefits for full-time staff.