Dietary Manager

Are you a people person who is looking for a challenging and rewarding position? Then we are looking for you! Your input can make a difference in people’s lives. Upscale dining in a senior living community. Currently we have an opportunity available for an enthusiastic Dietary Manager/Chef for our Assisted Living/Memory Care community in Edmond, OK.

We are a small, freestanding memory care assisted living community. We have two buildings on our campus with 20 residents in each building - a total of 40 residents. As a community focused on memory care, all of our residents are coping with Alzheimer's or other form of dementia. We are an age-in-place community, so you will care for residents all throughout the spectrum of the disease.

Iris Memory Care of Edmond is conveniently located in Edmond on NW 178th (also known as 2nd street or Edmond Road) between May and Penn, we are just minutes from the recently expanded Lake Hefner Parkway and the John Kilpatrick Turnpike. Our location offers easy commuter access for anyone living in the greater Oklahoma City area and is only 20 minutes from Downtown.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Dietary Manager to lead our team. This management position is scheduled for 3 10-hour shifts and one 5-hour shift per week or as scheduled. The Dietary Manager is responsible for preparing three meals per day and snacks, maintaining all areas of the kitchen including dishes, ordering raw food and supplies, and ensuring overall kitchen compliance and operations are adhered to. Assisted living experience preferred, and Food Handlers training and certificate for cooks required. Must have culinary training and experience in commercial kitchen, catering, or restaurant venue. Good attendance history required. Excellent pay and benefits.

Primary Essential Job Duties:

• Adheres to and conveys philosophy of supporting dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment for Residents.
• Preparation, presentation, and efficient meal service delivery.
• Conducts inventory, purchasing, storing, and preparation of food according to the provided menus and regulations.
• Establishes and maintains procedures to meet safety and sanitation standards in order to ensure compliance with governmental regulations.
• Provides leadership and supervision of dietary staff Team Members such as wait staff (if applicable), dietary assistants, cooks, caregivers, etc., including hiring, training, evaluating, and recommending pay raises of supervised IRIS Team Members.
• With the Executive Director, establishes departmental goals and objectives.
• Plans and administers departmental budget, including staffing levels.
• Plans and directs regular schedule of work activities and assignments to ensure effective food service.
• Prepares food items and serves food to Residents within scheduled time frame.
• Follows menu cycle, noting changes or substitutions made.
• Cleans and maintains food service areas, including kitchen and dining room.
• Ensures compliance with state and local health department sanitation code.
• Orders all supplies and maintains inventory control. Verifies orders received, ensuring needed goods are on hand. Ensures that all budgetary guidelines are achieved.
• Supervises food service functions.
• Maintains quality of food services, quantity prepared, and sanitation of food preparation area.
• Maintains clean, neat, and safe working environment.
• Ensures that Resident food needs and preferences are known. Coordinates menu requirements of the resident with the care staff, as needed.
• Ensures staff, Resident, and guest meals are accounted for daily.
• Maintains meal service records as required.
• Reports problems, concerns, and issues observed with food service and communicates them appropriately.
• Oversees all food and supply ordering and receipt in accordance with established menu plans.
• Ensures that meals are prepared in accordance with established menus for each meal and per state regulations.
• Follows procedures to assure that kitchen sanitation is maintained on a daily basis with training for each IRIS Team Member.
• Maintains coolers and food storage areas to standard.
• Ensures all food handling is in conjunction with local and corporate health and sanitation requirements.
• Ensures that health department inspections are on file and rating is within corporate guidelines.
• Observes changes in Resident status, needs, or preferences and communicates them appropriately.
• Observes other problems and communicates them appropriately.
• Observes all work, safety/OSHA and administrative policy training in performing all job assignments.
• Adheres to all established policies and procedures.
• Records Resident information as required.
• Avoids loss, breakages, and waste of supplies and equipment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adheres to procedures for fire, life safety, disaster, security, work, safety, and other emergency procedures.
• Knows and implements infection control protocols as required.
• With consultant dietician, monitors nutritional status of Residents using regular assessments, progress notes, and dietary care planning, if required.
• Prepares timely reports as may be requested/required by federal, state, local agencies, etc. to include kitchen inspection violations with a plan of action for correction, as required.
• Develops and conducts, in conjunction with the consultant dietician, regular inservice education to increase staff skills and knowledge.
• Adjusts recipes/menus to meet nutritional requirements of Residents with assistance of consultant dietician.
• Ensures correct procedures in preparation of food and inspects quantity, quality, temperature, and appearance of food prior to serving.
• Evaluates resident acceptance of menu items and makes substitutions available as requested or required.
• Establishes and maintains records/receipts regarding dietary operations. Submits purchase invoices and receipts to the appropriate staff for processing to include coding as requested.
• With consultant dietician, develops, establishes and maintains nutritional service plans for Residents, as needed.