Director of Dietary Services

Avenue at Lyndhurst -

Avenue at Lyndhurst Care and Rehabilitation Center is dedicated to providing the industries best healthcare with an emphasis on excellent outcomes & customer service.  Our expansive community offers expert skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in a 5-star hotel-like environment. Whether in need of short or long-term care, temporary respite or hospice services, you can count on Avenue at Lyndhurst Care and Rehabilitation Center to help you or your loved ones, discover the journey to healthiness. Avenue at Lyndhurst takes pride in our excellent customer service and quality of care. We strive to deliver compassionate care to each person we touch; this philosophy helps everyone feel like family. Our staff inspire healing and hope, to promote the highest level of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

As a  Director of Dining Services at a Progressive Quality Care facility  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.