Full-Time Dietary Manager- Riverton

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CARE GROUP•Riverton, UT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dietary Manager plans, organizes, supervises, and directs the administrative and operational activities of the Food and Nutrition Services Department at Rocky Mountain Care-Riverton. The role oversees department employees, budgets, purchasing, food preparation and service, and sanitation. It ensures meals and supplements meet residents’ needs, preferences, care plans, and therapeutic diet requirements, and works with the registered dietitian and interdisciplinary team to support residents’ nutritional status. The position reports to the Administrator or Executive Director and supervises Dietary Aides and Dietary Cooks. It is a full-time, day-shift role in Riverton, Utah. Work takes place in a well-lit, ventilated area, with a warm cooking environment and possible exposure to hot or cold kitchen and storage areas. The role may involve interruptions, emergency call-backs, and work beyond normal hours, including weekends and holidays when necessary.

Requirements

Meet at least one of the stated certification pathways: dietary manager certification; food service manager certification; or a similar national certification in food service management and safety from a national certifying body. The posting states certification must be obtained within nine months of enrollment for the specified certification pathways.
Meet applicable state requirements for food service managers or dietary managers.
Two years of experience in foodservice management.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant and to exercise judgment.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
Mathematical and numerical skills and organizational skills.
Ability to work tactfully with personnel, residents, families, visitors, government agencies, and the public; patience and interpersonal skills with people of different ages and cultures.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and perform common movements such as bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and overhead lifting.
Ability to lift or carry and push or pull up to 50 pounds.
Ability to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies.
Meet facility general health requirements, including medical and physical exams and immunity-status checks, and follow infection-control measures.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary; subject to emergency call-back.
Ability to work around possible kitchen hazards and exposures, including heat, cold, falls, equipment burns, odors, dust, tobacco smoke, disinfectants, other air contaminants, infectious waste, and infectious diseases or conditions.
Ability to deal with possible hostile or emotional residents, family members, visitors, or personnel.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or higher education in food service management or hospitality.
Prior experience in healthcare foodservice.
At least two years of experience as a director of food and nutrition services in a nursing facility setting, together with a course of study in food safety and management covering topics such as foodborne illness, sanitation procedures, and food purchasing and receiving; the posting specifies completion by October 1, 2023.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, supervise, and direct administrative and operational activities of the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
Oversee the department budget, food and supply purchasing, food preparation, service, and storage.
Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe food-service environment.
Ensure meals and supplements are prepared and served safely and on time in accordance with residents’ needs, preferences, and care plans.
Monitor regular and therapeutic diets, including food and liquid textures, to address residents’ specialized needs.
Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and, when necessary, terminate department employees.
Develop work schedules to ensure adequate staffing for each shift.
Monitor budgets for cost-effectiveness and manage revenue-generating services, if applicable.
Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory, and equipment records to plan purchases of food, supplies, and equipment.
Follow food preparation standards and procedures and ensure meals meet standards for appearance, palatability, temperature, and serving times.
Participate in menu planning, including consideration of resident preferences, substitutions, therapeutic diets, and industry trends.
Ensure food is prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes.
Manage preparation and service of special nourishments and supplemental feedings.
Ensure safe receiving, storage, preparation, protection, cooking, holding, transportation, and service of food.
Prepare cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to support food safety; ensure staff follow sanitation and safety practices.
Process new diet orders and changes, maintain updated diet cards, and complete the assigned MDS section within required timelines.
Determine resident diet needs and develop dietary plans with the registered dietitian in accordance with physician orders.
Review care plans related to nutritional status; document concerns and work with the interdisciplinary team to assess, revise, and implement nutrition plans.
Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and QAPI activities involving food and nutrition services.
Support Registered Dietitian duties as needed.
Treat residents with dignity and respect, protect residents’ rights, and report allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, or property misappropriation.
Follow facility policies, business conduct standards, applicable regulations, confidentiality requirements, and infection-control, safety, and hygiene procedures.
Report policy or regulatory noncompliance, confidentiality breaches, retaliation or discrimination, occupational exposures, and work-related injuries or illnesses to the appropriate personnel.
Participate in life-safety and emergency drills and training, fulfill assigned emergency-plan responsibilities, and assist with resident evacuation when needed.
Complete assigned training and skills competency requirements.