Dietary Department Director

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The main purpose of this position is to oversee and manage the operations of the Dietary Services of RICA-Baltimore and oversee the provision of nutrition clinical and educational services to the clients of RICA-Baltimore, in order to facilitate RICA-Baltimore’s mission and insure the program is family driven and youth guided.

Requirements

Current license as a Dietitian/Nutritionist from the Maryland State Board of Dietetic Practice.
Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) prior to completion of probationary period and must maintain a current registration during their time of employment.
Five years of experience providing professional nutrition or dietetic services.
Includes three years in a residential or hospital setting.
Includes two years managing a clinical and administrative phase of a dietetic program.

Nice To Haves

Experience providing nutrition or dietetic services in a school setting working with children.
Experience overseeing lower-level Registered Dietitians and other professional food service and support staff.

Responsibilities

Plans and executes clinical nutrition care services to include nutrition screening, nutritional history and assessment and appropriate plan of care, in order to meet the specific nutritional needs of each client.
Advises the interdisciplinary team on the food habits and other nutritional concerns of the clients, to assist in their overall clinical treatment.
Plans, implements and documents nutrition education activities, to teach students about good nutrition practices, and to involve the school faculty and the facility staff in activities to enhance the program, in compliance with the Child Nutrition Program requirements.
Completes the Monthly Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Meal Reimbursement Report and submits to MDH-BHA to initiate financial reimbursement.
Completes and submits annual Child Nutrition Program Reports.
Processes all Meal Benefit Applications yearly and as students are admitted.
Maintains Child Nutrition Reimbursement in a readily available and organized manner, as required by the Department of Education for review in the MSDE Audit every three years.
Provides orientation to new employees on approved meal components, meal check-off procedures, menus, diets, special nutritional needs of children and adolescents, and on the (CNP).
Facilitates the annual mandatory Civil Rights Training to dietary and education staff as required by the Child Nutrition Program.
Completes the annual on-site monitoring with written report of another MDH CNP site.
Develops and maintains effective policies and procedures to assure compliance with, and satisfactory performance of all dietary requirements.
Establish a Quality Improvement Program to assure provision of quality service.
Interprets physicians' prescriptions for diets and nutritional supplements, plans the diets and monitors the service of the nutritional supplements to assure compliance with the prescribed diet therapy.
Maintains nutrient analyses of menus, to assure adequacy, compliance with Child Nutrition Program requirements.