Dietary Director

Dietary Director

Elder Homestead is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

Job Highlights:

• Pay Range: $28.00-$32.00 per hour based on experience with the pay in lieu of benefits option!
• Shift: Monday-Friday AM, Occasional Weekends may be needed.
• Required to cook - hands on position

About the job:

The Dietary Director will manage the operation of the Dietary department to include staffing, department purchasing, food preparation, food delivery and clean-up in accordance with facility policies, physician orders, resident care plans and appropriate regulations.

Essentials:

• Oversee Dietary department and ensure department is meeting the highest standard attainable in accordance with State and Federal regulation.
• Directs and oversees all resident nutritional needs planning and programs.
• Administers personnel function of the Dietary Department.
• Oversees all department purchasing and maintains set budgets for the fiscal year.
• Attends required in-services and completes assigned on-line modules.
• Performs responsibilities of dietary department absent staff, as necessary.
• Supervise Food Preparation and Serving.

Required Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Qualified Dietitian, or other nutrition-related Bachelor’s Degree, or successful completion of state-approved food service management course.
• Experience with food preparation in a long-term care setting.
• Must have ability to read, write and follow oral and written directions at a level necessary to accomplish this job.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with various levels of staff, residents, family members and the public.
• Numerical ability to make various computations in planning department objectives, keeping work records and schedules, preparing budgets, requisitioning supplies and monitoring inventory control.
• Adequate strength and endurance to meet the strenuous physical demands of preparing and carrying quantity foods.
• Visual acuity and color discrimination for examining cooked and stored foods; taste and smell discrimination for determining nutritional quality and palatability of foods.
• Ability to utilize computers and other electronic devices for tasks such as timekeeping, in servicing and documentation.

Preferred qualifications:

• A minimum of one year’s experience in working with the frail or elderly population.

At Elder Homestead, we are a welcoming senior living community that provides assisted living and memory care with 51 apartments. We are located in Minnetonka, MN, a beautiful suburban city known for its lovely Lake Minnetonka and is home to several highly performing public schools. The value of our employees is indescribable. They make our residents feel protected, cared for, and at home with their unwavering kindness and shining attitudes. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and retirement plan to our employees so they know that we support them and their lives, inside and outside of work!

Employer/Employee Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Saving Account (FSA)
• 403(b) - with discretionary contribution
• Paid Vacation/Sick Time

Benefits with minimal to no cost to employees:

• Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness program
• Life insurance (with an option to purchase additional)
• Short term disability
• Loan program
• Ministry Program

In our Great Place to Work survey, employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.

Create happiness with us, and join our team!

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