What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Dietary Manager CDM position at Nightingale at Arkadelphia?
Certified Dietary Manager
Operations
- Interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and when necessary, terminate employees
- Develop work schedules to ensure adequate coverage of each shift for facility
- Manage dietary budget for a cost-effective dining program
- Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory, and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies, and equipment
- Work cooperatively with staff, other departments, consultants, vendors, and other service providers
Foodservice Management
- 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 nourishments and supplemental feedings • Assure that foods are prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes
Food Safety
- Assure safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food
- Prepare cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to ensure food safety
- Ensure proper sanitation and safety practices
- 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 appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with RD and in compliance with physicians’/facility orders
- Review plan of care related to nutritional status; document concerns that can be resolved, improved, or addressed to improve client’s nutritional status and eating function
- Support registered dietitian duties as needed
Requirements
- Skill in motivating, coaching, and supervising foodservice personnel
- Basic computer skills
- Graduate of Dietary Manager’s Program, 2-yr, or 4-yr accredited food service program
- Successful completion of Certified Dietary Manager exam
- Two years’ experience in foodservice management
- Prior experience in healthcare foodservice preferred
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
- Able to lift and carry in excess of 50 lbs
- Able to withstand extreme temperatures, hot and cold
- Able to work required hours, including some evenings, weekends, holidays, as needed