Dietary Director

Dietary Manager

Prepare meals for residents, family members, and guests, following designed menus, in a manner that optimizes nutrition and enhances the dining experience. Consistently uphold the facility's principles, service standards, philosophy, and mission.

Position Responsibilities Service

• Supervise cooks and dietary aides, schedule dietary staff, work shifts when dietary staff unable
• Routinely interact with residents to determine and enhance their satisfaction with the meal program
• Ensure an attractive presentation of food on the plate
• Prepare meals according to the daily menu plan and / or as directly by supervisor
• Prepare meals accordance with sanitary regulations and policies and procedures
• Adhere to all proper handling, labeling, and storage protocols for all foods
• Order and stock to meet menu requirements
• Properly maintain documentation of all temperature charts and records
• Properly maintain meal consumption of resident and report accordantly
• Identify and communicate resident's likes and dislikes
• Adjust or adapt recipes to accommodate specific dietary needs whenever possible
• Monitor and adhere to portion control standards
• Communicate any identified resident concerns / issues to the appropriate manager
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident information
• Assist in serving meals and bussing tables
• Participate in and attend all required in-services training sessions
• Answer business phones and respond to alarms
• Tour inquiring individuals
• All other duties assigned

Team Effort

Action

Reputation

Success

Essential Skills, Experience, and Abilities

Nonessential Skills and Experience

Reporting to the Position

No direct reports

Dress Code, Tattoos, Piercing, and Hygiene

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, use fine and gross motor skills, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and or smell. An individual must have the reading ability at the level to comprehend care notes. An individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight in up to 75 pounds. Intermittent physical activity includes lifting and supporting residents. The employee must be free of diseases that can be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability.

The employee must use proper body mechanics to assist resident in their daily living.

Work Environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to minimal to moderate noise. The employee will be exposed to blood and / or body fluids. The employee may encounter traumatic situations, such as having to care for mentally ill resident and contact the deceased residents. Employee will be scheduled based on operational needs (e.g., shift rotation, standby, on-call, etc.) SLEEPING IS NOT PERMITTED DURING WORKING HOURS.