Certified Dietary Manager (CDM)

Job Description

Job Description

The Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) oversees the daily operations of the dietary department to ensure high-quality nutritional care and exceptional dining services for residents. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations; maintains safe food handling standards; supports resident satisfaction; and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to meet individualized nutritional needs.

Join us with an attractive benefits offering:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with matching funds
• Life Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws. 
• Completes and updates the nutrition screening and assessment and diet history as part of the comprehensive assessment process.  Refers new residents, if required by the state and all Residents at nutritional risk to Dietitian for evaluation. 
• Interviews residents, family members, legal representatives and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized plans of care, protect and promote Residents’ rights and accommodate individual needs and preferences. 
• Participates with the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plans of care.   
• Participates in care conferences. Communicates resident concerns and responses to interventions to interdisciplinary team members, the Dietitian and direct care staff. 
• Collaborates with other departments to identify and accommodate individual Resident’s choices, preferences and customary routines regarding eating. 
• Assist the Dietitian with planning menus that meet the nutritional needs of Residents in accordance with recommended dietary allowance and state and federal regulations. 
• Verifies resident information regarding new admissions, diet order changes, room changes, and daily census. 
• Provides timely and accurate completion of nutrition portions of MDS, CAA’s, Resident Care Plans and Progress Notes. 
• Conducts regular meal observations, reviews records, and interviews staff and residents to ensure that residents are receiving foods in the amount, type, consistency and frequency to maintain usual weight and clinical indicators.  If food intake is inadequate or the resident’s nutritional is poor, adjusts menus to meet the caloric and nutritional needs of the resident. 
• Refers complex nutritional issues to Dietitian for assessment and intervention. 
• Supervises food preparation using techniques that conserve nutritional value, flavor, and appearance. 
• Organizes food preparation and services to ensure food is served to residents within scheduled time frames. 
• Provides food alternatives of similar nutritional value for residents who refuse food served. 
• Orders food economically and efficiently from approved sources considered satisfactory by federal, state and local authorities. 
• Maintains sufficient inventory of food and supplies.  Establishes effective systems to track inventory and secure storage areas. 
• Ensures that food is received, stored, prepared, held and served under sanitary conditions to prevent the transmission of food borne illness. 
• Completes and maintains all Food and Nutrition Services Department records and forms, including administrative statistics on number of meals served, food costs, menus and repairs. 
• Supervises trash and waste disposal in compliance with state and federal requirements. 
• Inspects for any signs of rodents or pests.  Report findings to the Maintenance Director. 
• Participates in long term care survey process.  Instructs staff in matters of conduct and disclosure.  Maintains a presence at all times while surveyors are on-site and directs the timely collection of information required by the survey team.  Demonstrates concern for identified problems and undertakes corrective action while survey is in progress, if appropriate.  Works with the Dietitian and administration to develop survey report responses, as needed. 
• Works with the Dietitian to develop and update the nutritional policies that reflect the philosophy and mission of the company and facility and accepted professional standards of nutrition and sanitation. 
• Performs in-services to culinary staff on various topics related to food service policies and procedures as needed. 
• Participates in the department's budget development. 
• Communicates with and makes recommendations to the Administrator with regards to resident food and nutrition services, personnel and budget issues.
• Participate in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities and implement recommendations as needed. 

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.  
• Prefer two-year supervised food service experience in an institutional setting focusing on planning, preparing and servicing regular and therapeutic diets. 
• Knowledge of CMS regulations, therapeutic diets, texture modifications, and food safety standards. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) certification   
• ServSafe certified or ServSafe certification required within 90 days of employment 

Ciena Healthcare  

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in Michigan and Ohio.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. Join us, if you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

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