Director of Dietetic Services - South Mountain Restoration Center

As the Director of Dietetic Services for the Department of Human Services, you help ensure that residents receive meals that support their health and dignity. This role blends leadership, planning, and teamwork to create a safe and caring food service environment. You will guide nutrition programs that meet important standards and resident needs. It is a meaningful opportunity to support both staff and residents through thoughtful direction.

This position leads the planning, oversight, and evaluation of nutrition and food service programs for residents. The role ensures that safe, effective, and compliant dietary services are carried out each day. As a Director of Dietetic Services, you will perform the following duties:

• Menu Oversight: Review menus and ensure that nutrition plans meet medical, cultural, and quality needs
• Nutritional Care: Direct assessments and services that support resident health and well-being
• Food Operations: Manage ordering, receiving, storage, and distribution of food and supplies
• Staff Leadership: Supervise employees, evaluate performance, and coordinate training to support quality service
• Budget Management: Prepare and monitor the annual budget to maintain effective and efficient operations
• Safety Compliance: Maintain safe and sanitary food service conditions in line with state and federal standards

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the Position Description.

• Full-time employment

• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.

• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.

• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.

• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Three years of experience in the supervision of food preparation activities in an institutional food service or institutional food production operation, and a bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, dietetics, food service, culinary arts, or a related field;
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• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of experience in the supervision of food preparation activities in an institutional food service or institutional food production operation.

• This position requires active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD) or a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) as issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or proof of eligibility for such certification.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.

• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.

  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

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