DINING SUPERVISOR

ALLEGHENY LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC•Spring Township, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Oaks at Pleasant Gap, a personal care and independent living community, is actively seeking candidates for a Dining Supervisor. This position will coordinate, plan, and organize operation of the Dietary Department and prepare food to ensure that quality nutritional services are provided daily to our residents and the department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner. This position will be 90% cooking and meal preparation and 10% administrative tasks to support the department.

Requirements

Minimum of an Associate’s degree preferred; will consider applicable work experience.
Certified Dietary Manager in PA, a graduate of an accredited course in dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association or eligible for certification by the Dietary Managers Association.
Ability to push, pull, lift or move a minimum of 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

Coordinate dietary services and activities with other related departments.
Develop and maintain written dietary policies and procedures.
Interpret the department’s policies and procedures to team members, residents, visitors, government agencies, etc., as necessary.
Perform administrative duties such as completing necessary forms, reports, evaluations, studies, etc.
Review the department’s policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc., at least annually for revisions, and make recommendations to the Administrator.
Develop and maintain a file of tested standard recipes.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator as necessary/required concerning the operation of the dietary department.
Inspect food storage rooms, utility/janitorial closets, etc., to assure they meet all required regulatory guidelines 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.
Process diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services.
Develop, implement and maintain ongoing continuous quality improvement program for the dietary department.
Participate in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
Interview residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history, maintaining an adequate liaison with families and residents as necessary.
Assure that dietary progress notes charted are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
Assure that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Visit residents periodically to evaluate the quality of meals served, likes and dislikes, etc., and maintain records of resident’s food likes and dislikes.
Assist in planning normal and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician as well as diet plans for individual residents.
Review therapeutic and regular diet plans/menus to assure they are in compliance with physician’s orders.
Assist in establishing a food service production line, etc., to assure that meals are prepared on time.
Serve on, participate in, and attend various committees of the facility.
Provide written and/or oral reports of the dietary service programs and activities as required or as may be directed by such committee(s) and 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.
Insofar as practical, encourage residents to participate in the development and review of his/her plan of care.
Ensure that all dietary personnel are aware of the care plan and use them in planning daily dietary services for the resident.
Review nurses’ notes to determine if the care plan is being followed.
Develop and maintain a good rapport with all services involved with the care plan to ensure that a team effort is achieved in developing a comprehensive plan of care.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Choice Benefits Program options
Health Insurance (full time)
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance and ADD
Generous paid time off program (full and part-time team members)
Seven paid holidays per year (full time)
Generous Cash Out Option for waiving our health insurance (proof of other appropriate coverage required)
Tuition reimbursement
401k with Roth Option
Uniforms supplied based on position
Continuing Education