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Dietary Manager

** Full Time Evenings, Monday - Friday Only **

Palace Care Center is hiring a Dietary Manager. This is a Full Time position working Monday - Friday.

Standard Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO

What You'll Do:

As a Dietary Manager you will be managing and coordinating the activities of the facility Dining Rooms and assisting in special functions. Functions as a member of the Food Services team to develop strategies for effectiveness and continuity of services offered to residents. This position is responsible for oversight of the work of the Dietary Manager, Personal Care Servers and Dietary Workers.

Our Dietary Manager is responsible for the following:

• Develop and implement person centered education regarding food and nutrition for all facility staff.
• Assumes opening and closing responsibilities for the Food Services Department as assigned.
• Establishes and maintains effective communications and working relationship within the department and with other departments to provide a high quality, unified, cost-effective operation.
• Oversees budget and purchasing of supplies.
• Establishes and arranges work schedules and assign duties, responsible for scheduling and processing bi-weekly payroll.
• Oversee food preparation, service, and storage of food
• Monitors temperature of food and equipment and takes corrective action for noncompliance. Performs meal rounds and test trays according to established schedule. Inspects the dining rooms and equipment for cleanliness and keeps all equipment in good repair; takes corrective action for noncompliance. Establishes master cleaning schedules to ensure cleanliness and organization. Responsible for ensuring proper completion of these schedules.
• Participate in QAPI when food and nutrition is involved.
• Orients and trains new employees and instruct them in work procedures.
• Manages and controls resources and materials to ensure quality, adequacy and condition of supply. Resources and materials include, but not limited to: Resident Menu (Week-at-a-Glance and Daily Menus); small wares, cleaning supplies, tablecloths and cloth napkins, dining room equipment and resident satisfaction survey.
• Establishes and maintains effective communication with residents to discuss individual dietary needs and changes. Monitors and follows up with residents who are on therapeutic diets, working with the Dietician on making proper recommendation to the resident on residents' dietary needs.
• Evaluates employee work performance and recommends personnel actions such as commendations or disciplinary action to the Director of Food Services.
• Oversees the distribution and retrieval of resident menus. Ensures their completion and oversees the calculation of selections. Maintains records of meals served, month end reports and meal comments.
• Continues personal and professional growth through current literature, membership in professional organizations and attendance at workshops.

What You Definitely Have:

•  Experience in dietary management role required, Certified Dietary Manager preferred.
• Good written and oral communication skills, proficient with computer applications.