Job Certified Dietary Manager NE

Sunrise Senior Living Opportunity

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together.

Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work by Activated Insights. This is the 8th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of.

Bedford Court

Job Overview

The Certified Dietary Manager is responsible for overseeing Skilled Nursing Center food service activities and using independent judgment and discretion, providing the level of supervision necessary to ensure the courteous and efficient service of quality and nutritious foods.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Essential Duties

As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed as follows :

Position Key Duties

• Plans, schedules, and supervises, disciplines, evaluates and directs the work of the Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living / Long Term Care (AL / LTC) dietary team members, and spends more than 50% of the time doing this work.
• Ensures that nutritional screening data is accurately obtained and recorded in the medical record in accordance with state / province and federal regulations and Sunrise policy.
• Conducts nutritional screening including documentation of food and fluid intake in the medical record.
• Identifies nutritional problems are included in screening and documentation within the medical record.
• Plans nutritional interventions with appropriate participation of IDT members to address family, staff, or resident's nutritional concerns.
• Collaborates with the Consultant dietitian and resident in establishing goals and approaches for a client's nutritional care plan that are routinely monitored, reviewed, and revised.
• Assists the executive chef and lead cooks in developing all menus for the Skilled Nursing residents assessing preferences and nutritional needs.
• Assures staff education is provided to dietary team members in accordance with the staff education plans plus provides on the job training for Skilled Nursing and AL / LTC team members.
• Develops work assignments for all dietary team members assigning specific jobs and spot checking work to ensure standards are met.
• Assures that each resident's nutritional adequacy is met by utilizing the assurance of Nutritional Adequacy Policy and established scope of the position of CDM.
• Maintains pertinent and appropriate records, reports, schedules and studies as required by local, state / provincial and federal regulations and otherwise requested.
• Initiates and supervises the completion of hands-on intakes.
• Maintains individual diet information and updates the guest / resident diet identifier, menu and nourishment list when indicated.
• Attends Care Plan Meetings.
• Interviews new admissions and documents food preferences on the approved form.
• Satisfies unplanned or special therapeutic diets when ordered.
• Assures that meal tallies are accurate on a daily basis.

General Duties

Risk Management and General Safety

Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance

Financial Management

Training, Leadership and Team Member Development

Experience and Qualifications

About Sunrise

Ready to take the next step and make a bigger impact than you ever imagined? As part of our team, you will help brighten the future for everyone at Sunrise and beyond. That is why we make it a priority to celebrate the unique ways you bring moments