What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nutrition Services Supervisor position at Cantex?
Overview
The Nutrition Supervisor oversees dietary department operations to ensure safe, compliant meal service that meets nutritional requirements and supports Patient satisfaction. This position provides leadership for food service operations, dietary staff supervision, menu implementation, therapeutic diet compliance, food safety, sanitation standards, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance within a long-term care and skilled nursing environment. The Nutrition Supervisor supports quality meal service, resident-centered care, survey readiness, and departmental efficiency while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable healthcare regulations.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
What We Offer You
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer an excellent benefit plan to include 401(k) with match, CEU reimbursement, vacation, sick time, holidays, medical, dental, and supplemental insurance plans, as well as a highly competitive compensation package.
The Nutrition Supervisor oversees dietary department operations to ensure safe, compliant meal service that meets nutritional requirements and supports Patient satisfaction. This position provides leadership for food service operations, dietary staff supervision, menu implementation, therapeutic diet compliance, food safety, sanitation standards, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance within a long-term care and skilled nursing environment. The Nutrition Supervisor supports quality meal service, resident-centered care, survey readiness, and departmental efficiency while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable healthcare regulations.
Responsibilities
- Supervise dietary staff, schedules, training, coaching, and performance management activities.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of food service operations to ensure efficient dietary department performance.
- Ensure compliance with sanitation, infection prevention, food safety, and workplace safety practices.
- Coordinate menu execution, therapeutic diet compliance, physician-ordered dietary requirements, and meal service standards.
- Monitor food preparation, food handling, meal delivery, and resident dining services to ensure quality and consistency.
- Manage food and supply ordering, inventory awareness, waste reduction efforts, and budget-conscious purchasing practices.
- Assist with maintaining appropriate food inventories and dietary supplies to support uninterrupted meal service.
- Support survey readiness initiatives, regulatory compliance activities, audits, inspections, and corrective action planning.
- Promote resident satisfaction by supporting quality nutrition services and customer service excellence.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members regarding dietary needs, nutrition concerns, and meal service support.
- Maintain compliance with company policies, dietary procedures, and applicable healthcare regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Supervisory experience in food service required; healthcare preferred.
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets, nutrition services, food safety, and sanitation standards.
- Knowledge of dietary department operations, meal service procedures, and infection prevention practices preferred.
- Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.
What We Offer You
- Competitive Wages
- 401k with match
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Supplemental Insurance
- Vacation, Sick, Personal Holiday & Paid Holidays
- Short-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Tuition & CEU Reimbursement
- Rewards & Recognition Program
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer an excellent benefit plan to include 401(k) with match, CEU reimbursement, vacation, sick time, holidays, medical, dental, and supplemental insurance plans, as well as a highly competitive compensation package.