Food Service Director

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Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Provides leadership and direction to the dietary department, its programs,

activities and budget.

 Implements and enforces the dietary department policies and procedures for all

employees, residents, visitors, and governmental agencies as required.

 Obtains/maintains all MSDS sheets for hazardous chemicals stored in the

dietary department, send to TMG.

 Ensures that all OSHA and other regulations are followed to ensure employee

safety.

 Coordinates dietary services to assure the services can be performed without

disruption.

 Educates staff the importance of resident diets and food consistencies base on

their care plan

 Supervises meal service and production in a timely and appropriate manner to

provide high quality dietary services to residents, visitors and employees of the

facility.

 Ensures equipment is properly cared for and in working condition. Proactively

addresses any equipment malfunction or breakdown

 Understands and participates in in preparing food budgets encompassing the

needs of the dietary department, cost of PPD, inventory management and

ordering system.

 Provides file of tested standard recipes and ensures that all food is high quality,

nutritious and served at appropriate temperature and consistency.

 Provides direction to staff and residents during emergent situations

 Maintains weekly and monthly temperature logs and reviews for trends that need

to be addressed

 Provides an engaging environment for employees by educating, counseling and

mentoring.Completes all required forms, reports and evaluations in a timely, accurate

manner to ensure appropriate controls of equipment and supplies

 Participates in facility surveys made by governmental agencies. Reviews and

assists in developing a plan of correction for dietary service deficiencies.

 Ensures that all resident complaints or grievances are recorded with notation of

action taken to resolve complaint, and ensure satisfaction.

 Assists the Infection Control Coordinator and Safety Committee Chairperson in

identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine job-related dietary functions to

ensure that tasks involving potential exposure to blood/bodily fluids are properly

identified and recorded.

Required Skills & Abilities

 Displays Professionalism: Demonstrates punctuality, dependability and presents

an appropriate professional appearance coming to work in neat and clean attire.

 Displays optimism fostering a spirit of teamwork, positive attitude and conflict

resolution among co-workers. Interacts positively with residents, family members

and visitors in all circumstances. Coordinates activities in conjunction with other

departments to ensure residents feel safe and empowered.

 Strives for excellence performing duties with creativity, measured accuracy and

timeliness and exhibiting a commitment to strive for excellence.

 Excellent oral and written communication skills,

 Problem solver identifying actual/potential problems and works with supervisor to

create an action plan for resolution and then measuring outcomes to determine

course of action. Exhibits adaptability.

 Displays excellent Customer Service by assisting and cooperating with other

personnel and interdisciplinary teams exhibiting helpfulness and support to all

team members. Provides direction to visitors, staff, volunteers and external

populations

 Knowledge of Food Safety Regulations and Protocols