Who We are:
We strive to provide a combination of support, personal assistance, and compassionate care services in a healthy, homelike setting that is designed to meet the individual needs of each of our residents. Our team approach enables us to develop individualized care plans that enhance residents’ quality of life.
Job Duties:
- Plan facility and individual resident menus in conjunction with the Dietitian and other
- department heads.
- Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the Dietary Department, its programs and activities.
- Coordinate dietary services and activities with other related departments (i.e., Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.). Ensures that food is nutritional, appetizing, prepared as planned and served in a timely and pleasant manner.
- Assist in developing, maintaining and conducting annual reviews of written dietary policies and procedures, job descriptions and performance evaluations for each level of dietary personnel.
- Interpret the departments' policies and procedures to employees, residents, visitors, government agencies, etc., as necessary.
- Develop and maintain a file of tested standard recipes.
- Process diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services.
- Ensure that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Assist in planning regular and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician.
- Assist in developing diet plans for individual residents.
- Review therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure they are in compliance with the physician's orders.
- Review the dietary requirements of each resident admitted to the facility, as may be required, and assist the attending physician in planning for the residents’ prescribed cite plan.
- Inspect food storage rooms, utility janitorial closets, etc., for upkeep and supply control.
- Review and assist in developing a plan of correction for dietary service deficiencies
- noted during survey inspections and provide a written copy of such to the Administrator.
- Assist in developing and implementing a dietary service organization structure.
- Assist the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct dietary deficiencies.
- Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining an ongoing quality assurance program for the Dietary Department
- Assist the Discharge Planning Coordinator in planning the dietary services portion of the resident's discharge plan. Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
- Interview residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history and maintain records of resident food likes and dislikes.
- Assist in developing methods for determining quality and quantity of food served.
- Ensure that charted dietary progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident's response to the service.
- Maintain a reference library of written material, laws, diet manuals, etc., necessary for complying with current standards and regulations and that will provide assistance in
- maintaining quality food service.
- Visit residents periodically to evaluate the quality of meals served, likes and dislikes,etc. Involve the resident/family in planning objectives and goals for the resident.
- Meet with administration, medical and nursing staff, as well as other related departments
- in planning food service programs and activities.
- Ensure that residents are offered nourishing snacks at bedtime.
- Others as deemed necessary and appropriate, or as may be directed by the
- Administrator and/or Dietitian.
Committee Duties:
- Serve on, participate in, and attend various committees of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Budge Quality Assessment and Assurance, etc.) as required, and as appointed by the Administrator.
- Provide written and/or oral reports of the dietary service programs and activities as required or as may be directed by such committee(s).
- Evaluate and implement recommendations from established committees as they may pertain to dietary services.
- Meet with dietary personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, solicit advice from interdepartmental supervisors concerning the Operation of the Dietary Department, assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the methods of improvement of services.
- Schedule and announce departmental meeting times, dates, place, etc
Qualifications:
- Experience as cook or dietary manager in healthcare setting required
- Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma.
- Be a graduate of an accredited course in dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association.
- Must have, as a minimum, five year(s) experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility; or other related medical facility.
- Must have training in cost control, food management diet therapy, etc.
- Must be registered as a Food Service Director in this state.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Relocate:
- Aliquippa, PA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person