Dietary Manager

Avenue at Brooklyn -

The Avenue at Brooklyn :

Progressive Quality Care is growing again with another brand-new, beautiful, hotel-like skilled nursing facility located in Brooklyn, Ohio. We are currently accepting resumes for an energetic and driven Dietary Manager to help to open this pristine building. We need someone with a passion for long term care, who wants to help make the  Avenue of Brooklyn  a household name in the Brooklyn and greater Cleveland community.

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The ideal candidate is energetic, organized and has strong multitasking abilities. Directors should be committed to learning and complying with health care standards of food preparation for nursing homes. Candidates should be able and willing to help in any area of dining services department as needed. Applicants should feel comfortable with management and be able to hire, terminate or remediate staff. This position will report to the Administrator and by applying for the position you recognize that nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties or responsibilities to this job at any time. You may be asked to help in other areas of the building as needed for the optimal performance of your building / department and the well-being of our residents.

Essential Job Functions

As a  Director of Dining Services at the Avenue at Brooklyn  you must be able to perform the following essential functions as demonstrated by the ability to :

• Participation in the nutritional care of the residents including gathering of objective data for initial, annual and quarterly assessments, resident interviews for food preferences and participation in the interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Responsible for staffing the dietary department including scheduling, adhering to departmental budget, adhering to budgeted hours, and hiring and training new employees.
• Responsible for evaluation and termination of employees.
• Communicates pertinent information to employees including in-service education.
• Communicates payroll and payable information for the dietary department to the HRM.
• Responsible for the purchasing, requisition, receiving and storage of all food and supplies for the dietary department and maintains cost within the dietary budget.
• Responsible for high sanitation standards including preparation and enforcement to cleaning schedules for the dietary department.
• Maintains records for the dietary department including menus, standardized recipes, meal census, diet cardex, diet roster, diets served, purchase records, weekly staffing and current policies and procedures.
• Adheres to all facility policies and procedures including Resident’s Rights, infection control and safety.
• Comply with state, federal and OSHA regulations.
• Comply with all facility policies and procedures.
• Accountable for the information contained in the employee handbook.
• Coordinates foods for special events or parties with activities or other departments as necessary.
• Represents the dietary department in a professional manner and accepts duties from supervisor in a cooperative manner.
• Understands that exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood borne pathogens is a possibility in long term care.