Dietary Manager

Certified Dietary Manager

Las Colinas of Westover Hills

San Antonio, Texas

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Certified Dietary Manager to join our team at Las Colinas of Westover Hills. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will be responsible for the daily operations of our foodservice department, ensuring exceptional quality care and rehabilitation services to our guests.

Summary of Work:

As a Certified Dietary Manager, you will be responsible for providing leadership and guidance to our foodservice team, ensuring that food quality, safety standards, and client expectations are satisfactorily met. You will maintain records of department personnel, income, and expenditures, food, supplies, inventory levels, and equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operations Management:

  • Recruit, interview, hire, train, coach, evaluate, reward, discipline, and when necessary, terminate employees

  • Develop job descriptions and job duties for each level of foodservice personnel

  • Develop work schedules to ensure adequate staff coverage for each shift

  • Create and monitor budgets for a cost-effective program

  • Manage revenue-generating services

  • Use forecasts, food waste records, inventory, and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies, and equipment

• Foodservice Management:

  • Specify standards and procedures for preparing food

  • Participate in menu planning, including responding to client preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends

  • Inspect meals and assure that standards for appearance, palatability, temperature, and serving times are met

  • Manage the preparation and service of special nourishments and supplemental feedings

  • Assure that foods are prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes

• Food Safety:

  • Assure safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food

  • Protect food in all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation, using HACCP Guidelines

  • Prepare cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to ensure food safety

  • Ensure proper sanitation and safety practices of staff

• Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy:

  • Process new diet orders and diet changes; keep diet cards updated

  • Complete the assigned MDS section according to required timeline

  • Determine client diet needs and develop appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with RD and in compliance with physicians' orders

  • Review and implement client nutrition assessment and plan of care

Requirements:

• Graduate of Dietary Manager's Program, 2-yr, or 4-yr food-service program

• Successful completion of Certified Dietary Manager exam

• Two years' experience in foodservice management

• Prior experience in healthcare foodservice preferred

Physical Demands:

• Able to lift and carry in excess of 50 lbs

• Able to withstand extreme temperatures, hot and cold

• Able to work long hours, including some evenings, weekends, holidays, as needed

• Able to interact positively with people of all ages

If you are a motivated and experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Please submit your application to join our team and be a part of our mission to provide exceptional quality care and rehabilitation services to our guests.