Job Description
WHO ARE WE?
Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work! South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact on our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Dietary Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the preparation of all food items as per standardized recipes and special diet orders. Assists the Health Center Dietitian with the Health Center food service program and provides the level of supervision necessary to ensure that courteous and efficient service is delivered as well as high quality and nutritious foods.
Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Dietary Supervisor:

• Assists in the planning, scheduling, and supervision of Health Center dietary staff.
• Assists in developing all menus and standardized recipes for Health Center residents assessing preferences and nutritional needs. Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus, placing food orders, and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production.
• Assists in assuring staff education is provided to dietary staff and culinary team in accordance with the staff education plan plus provides on the job training for Health Center dietary staff.
• Assists in developing work assignments for all dietary staff assigning specific jobs and spot-checking work to ensure standards are met.
• Responsible for completion of hall trays and accuracy.
• Contact the dietitian if unplanned or special therapeutic diets are ordered.
• Assures that meal tallies are accurate daily.
• Assign cleaning schedules daily.

Other Duties:

• Assists in providing on-the-job training for Health Center dining room staff.
• Inspects equipment to determine repairs or maintenance needs.
• Participates in cost control measures.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High School diploma/GED required.
• A minimum of two years supervisory experience in food service operations of a health care setting.
• Certified in safety and sanitation regarding food service.
• Experience in a long-term health care environment preferred.
• Ability to communicate with, understand, empathize with, work with and be tolerant of residents, families, visitors, peers, supervisors, and subordinates.
• Ability to interpret and explain menus, refer, or answer questions, coordinate meal service process and understand requests.

What We Offer:

• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! South Port Square now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on demand, as it's earned.
• Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
• One free meal a day!
• Fun, caring, inclusive work environment!

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu, and COVID-19 vaccine status.
Full-Time
Salary: From $17.50 per hour
If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!
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