What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietary Manager position at OPS LIVING SERVICES LLC?
Position Summary: The Food Services Director Certified Dietary Manager plans, organizes, develops, and directs the overall operations of food services to ensure the daily provision of quality nutritional services in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards.
Essential Functions
- Must be able to test cooked food for taste, temperature, and smell
- Must be able to ensure menus are served as written and approved by a Registered Dietitian
- Must be able to plan and direct food service staff to prepare and serve high-quality food on time and at the proper temperature for meals and snacks
- Must be able to ensure that the patient's physician-ordered diets are prepared and served accurately at meals and snacks
- Must be able to order food, supplies, and equipment for food preparation and service, reviewing all deliveries of food for quality, proper amounts, and pricing
- Must be able to recruit, select, train, counsel, and supervise food service staff
- Must be able to complete nutrition documentation timely and accurately
- Must be able to participate in interdisciplinary patient care meetings involving nutrition
- Must be able to effectively manage and operate within budget
- Must exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients
- Must be able to assist in the evacuation of patients
- Must demonstrate dependable, regular attendance
- Must be able to concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment
- Must be able to communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team
Work Environment & Physical Activity:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme heat or cold, humidity, and danger of burns from stoves and/or hot liquids
The employee is occasionally required to wear protective clothing
The employee may be exposed to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardous chemicals
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear, taste, smell, stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers, handle, and feel and occasionally climb or balance
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus
Education, Experience, and Licensure Requirements
- Must have SERVSafe
- Must have one (1) year experience in Long Term Care
- Must have a minimum two (2) years' supervisory experience
Specific Job Requirements
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
- Must be knowledgeable of practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines
- Maintains proper sanitation logs and practices sanitation procedures
- Uses standardized menu
- Keeps current on all Federal, State and local rules and regulations
- Must have the ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the department
- Must perform proficiently in all competency areas including but not limited to patient rights, and safety and sanitation
- Maintains professional working relationships with all associates, vendors, etc.
- Maintains confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information
- Must understand and follow company policies including harassment and compliance procedures