PURPOSE:
Our organization operates diverse programs providing client and family-orientedservices to enrich the various stages of a person’s life in a caring, pleasantand safe environment. Our dedicated and compassionateemployees provide high quality, Christian service to enhance human dignity andgrowth. You are expected to uphold our organization’s values: ministry,integrity, teamwork, innovation, and excellence. In order to ensure thisphilosophy for the future, this position is responsible for total function,direction, and supervision of all dietary services.

ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS:

• Plan, coordinate, document, and superviseresident nutritional care
• Develop, implement, and maintain dietary serviceobjectives, policies, and procedures
• Foster positive communication within the dietarydepartment and the organization as a whole
• Promote organizations’ team concept, interpretphilosophy, objectives, policies, and procedures of the organization to dietarypersonnel
• Decide and perform all duties in accordance withorganization’s policies/procedures, state and federal regulations and inconformance with recognized standards
• Ensure compliance of dietary department withstate/federal regulations
• Evaluate the resident’s nutritional status
• Aware of resident nutritional needs throughobservation, participation in care planning, resident/family input
• Recruit and hire qualified dietary personnelnecessary to meet or exceed the needs of the residents and facility
• Supervise scheduling of staff/staff assignments,ensure fair and consistent treatment of all staff
• Continually monitor and evaluate staff
• Investigate and initiate incidents ofdiscipline/corrective action (including discharge), if necessary, according toestablished personnel procedures
• Accessible to staff on all shifts
• Plan annual dietary budget and/or works withinapproved budget; supervise and approve all dietary purchases
• Recognize and meet needs of the residents,families, and standards
• Maintain and safeguard confidential information
• Communicate effectively with residents,families, co-workers, and public
• Function independently in situations thatrequire professional judgement
• Participate in Quality Assurance/ImprovementPlan

PHYSICALREQUIREMENTS:

• Frequent twisting, occasional bending
• Reaches at shoulder height frequently, reachesabove or below shoulder height occasionally
• Lifts and carries less than 25lbs
• 70% of work day is spent sitting; 20% walking,10% standing
• Adapts to frequent interruptions/changingsituations
• Must be able to communicate orally and/or inwriting with residents, co-workers, families, public

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Certified Dietary Manager
• Supervisory experience in a long term caresetting preferred
• Follows/adheres to organization, federal, andstate regulations and guidelines, including Resident/Client rights
• Maintains neat, well-groomed appearance,adhering to dress code of organization/program