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North Adams Commons
175 Franklin Street
North Adams, MA 01247
Phone:(413)664-4041
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DIR FOOD & NUTRITION SERV
North Adams
Full Time
Healthcare/Healthcare Professional
  • Assures Dietary Policies and Procedures are current, reviewed yearly and implemented accordingly.
  • Orders food, supplies, and equipment in accordance with the budgets. Uses purchase order system properly and timely.
  • Participates in resident care management and attends resident and family care conferences.
  • Attends Resident Council when invited and other meetings as assigned by the administrator.
  • Responsible for receipt, storage, preparation, and service of all food.
  • Assists with menu planning in conjunction with the dietician.
  • Maintains sanitary equipment and a sanitary kitchen area in compliance with applicable standards.
  • Oversees meal service and dining room delivery of meals to residents.
  • Responsible for coaching dietary employees to support positive behavior and interactions with others. Documents disciplinary concerns for dietary employees including reprimands or oral/written warnings in conjunction with the administrator.
  • Recruits, hires, orients and trains dietary employees.
  • Completes meaningful evaluations of dietary employees post orientation and yearly after that.  Completes meaningful competency evaluations upon hire and at least yearly thereafter for dietary staff.
  • Develops and coordinates the scheduling of work hours, personnel, and work assignments in accordance with the budget.
  • Meets with residents and their families as needed to discuss concerns and makes every effort to meet their needs/desires.  Include residents' suggestions in menu planning.
  • Engages in the rounding for outcomes strategy with staff, residents and families in an effort to assess whether there are any unmet needs/desires, recognize staff for a job well done, or coaches staff as appropriate.
  • Makes effort to recognize employees, educate and train employees and promotes employee growth in an effort to increase retention and employee satisfaction in the dietary department.
  • Promotes a culture of safety in the dietary department. Thoroughly investigates any injuries in dietary areas and to dietary staff in an effort to prevent further occurrence. Manages any dietary worker's compensation cases.
  • Assures check and balance systems are in place to identify potential system breakdowns.  Examples include temperature check logs on dishwasher, refrigerators and food temps (leaving the kitchen and upon serving); checks to be sure cleaning schedule is adhered to; checks to be sure food is properly stored and marked.
  • Attends all mandatory in-services, develops and participates in in-service training for dietary employees. Assures in-services compliance with dietary staff.
  • Understands and adheres to all safety, infection control, sanitation, fire, disaster and personnel policies and procedures of the facility.
  • Assumes responsibility of promoting and maintaining positive employee relations and effective communications among facility staff.
  • Ensures appropriate communication systems within the department, between shifts and between departments so all staff are knowledgeable about the day-to-day strategies and overall goals.
  • Understands and upholds the Residents' Bill of Rights and hold all resident information confidential.
  • Communicates effectively with the Administrator and discusses any problems or concerns regarding the Dietary Department with the Administrator. 
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