Dining Services Manager Job Dothan area,Alabama USA,Healthcare

Summary of Duties

Assist in planning, organizing, developing, and directing the Community’s Dietary Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.

Essential Job Functions

Assist with planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing dietary programs and activities.

Ensure that Dining Services personnel follow care plan and provide daily dietary services.

Plan and direct menu preparation and provide resident-specific nutritional approaches.

Process diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services or the dietitian.

Provide substitute foods of similar nutritive value for residents who refuse foods served.

Obtain food and beverage preferences upon admission, quarterly and as needed or requested.

Visit residents routinely to evaluate the quality of meals served.

Order and purchase food, equipment, and supplies as necessary within company guidelines.

Maintain adequate and cost-effective inventory.

Maintain current written records and department expenditures (spend down sheets) and keep expenses within budgeted standards.

Interview and select dietary personnel.

Schedule employees’ work hours and work assignments and monitor absenteeism/job performance of employees.

Make daily rounds to assure that dietary personnel are performing required duties and to assure that appropriate dietary procedures are being rendered to meet the needs of the facility.

Conduct departmental employee performance evaluations.

Counsel/discipline dietary personnel as necessary, and forward all documentation to the Director of Food and Nutrition Services and Human Resources.

Perform managerial duties such as completing forms, reports, evaluations, etc., as necessary.

Follow company guidelines for quality and quantity of food standards.

Perform other duties and responsibilities as directed including any special projects.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of one (1) year food service supervisory experience in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or medical facility is required. Must complete the Serve Safe Program.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Functions

Must be able to move about consistently throughout the workday.

Must be able to reach, bend, and/or stoop intermittently throughout the workday.

Must be able to push, pull, or move a minimum of 100 pounds utilizing proper body mechanics and assistance

Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.

Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.

Must be able to walk/stand 75% of the day.

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