Food & Dining Director, CDM Position Available In Pinellas, Florida
Tallo's Job Summary: The Food & Dining Director, CDM at OAKS ON THE BAY LLC in Clearwater, FL, oversees budget, purchasing, and meal preparation. Responsibilities include managing staff, budgets, and ensuring food safety. Benefits include health, vision, dental, paid time off, and health savings account. The role requires creating a high level of resident and family engagement while maintaining a clean, sanitary environment.
Job Description
Food & Dining Director, CDM
OAKS ON THE BAY LLC 420
Bay Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33756 The Oaks of Clearwater is growing and expanding and we need a talented Food and Dining Director with their CDM. This dynamic person will create and maintain a high level of resident and family engagement, and also help with our activities director and employees happy. Come join us and apply to work with our wonderful team.
Benefits includes:
health, vision, dental, paid time off, and health savings account. Major Duties and Responsibilities Oversees the budget and purchasing of food and supplies, and food preparation, services, and storage. Maintains a clean and sanitary environment. Overseeing safe and timely meal preparation, including the provision of meals and/or supplements in accordance with residents’ needs, preferences, and care plan. Monitors regular and therapeutic diets, including texture of foods and liquids to meet the specialized needs of residents. Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings. Participates in QAPI activities when food and nutrition services are involved. Dietary Manager Assigned Tasks Recruits, interviews, hires, trains, coaches, evaluates, rewards, disciplines, and when necessary, terminates employees working in the Food and Nutrition Services department. Develops work schedules to ensure adequate staff to cover each shift. Monitor budgets for cost-effectiveness and manage any revenue generating services. Uses forecasts, food waste records, inventory, and equipment records to plan the purchase of food, supplies, and equipment. Follows standards and procedures for preparing food. Participates in menu planning including responding to resident preferences, substitution lists, therapeutic diets, and industry trends. Inspects meals and ensures that standards for appearance, palatability, temperature, and serving times are met. Ensures that foods are prepared according to production schedules, menus, and standardized recipes. Manages the preparation and service of special nourishments and supplemental feedings. Ensures safe receiving, storage, preparation, and service of food. Protects food in all phases of preparation, holding, service, cooking, and transportation. Prepares cleaning schedules and maintain equipment to ensure food safety. Ensures proper sanitation and safety practices of staff. Processes new diet orders and diet changes. Keeps diet cards updated. Completes the assigned MDS section according to required timeline. Determines resident diet needs and develops appropriate dietary plans in cooperation with registered dietician and in compliance with physician’s orders. Reviews plan of care related to nutritional status. Documents concerns that can be resolved, improved, or addressed to improve the resident’s nutritional status and eating function. Reviews, revises, and implements, in cooperation with the interdisciplinary team the resident’s nutritional assessment and plan of care. Supports Registered Dietitian duties as needed.
