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Certified Dietary Manager (CDM)

Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing is seeking a Certified Dietary Manager to join their team.

The Certified Dietary Manager is responsible for the advanced nutrition of residents and is given a caseload of residents. Is responsible to manage the nutrition of short term, long term, hospice, and feeding tube residents.

Certified Dietary Manager Responsibilities Include:

+ Conduct initial assessments , food preference interviews for assigned residents

+ Monitor progress of short and long term residents and document accordingly

+ Conduct meal rounds and document residents meal consumption and satisfaction

+ Participate in wound round and interdisciplinary meetings

+ Work closely with the interdisciplinary team

+ Participates in meal and menu planning

+ Assist in planning resident meals, guides and individuals and families to food selections

+ Inputs new resident diets food preferences and allergies and make changes to resident preferences as necessary

+ Enters menus in the systems (type) and make changes as necessary

+ Inspects unit pantry, dayroom and dining room area daily to assure compliance with health, safety and sanitation requirements and regulations

+ Adheres to appropriate code of ethics (CC); and

+ Demonstrates regular attendance and punctuality

+ Another task as required by the Registered dietitian

Certified Dietary Manager SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The Diet Technician will have the ability to:

+ Analyze situations accurately and adopt and effective course of action

+ Operate a computer

+ Work independently with little direction

+ Oral and written communication skills

+ Principles and practices of supervision and training

QUALIFICATIONS

+ Associate or bachelor& degree in nutrition

+ Certified Dietary manager

An Equal Opportunity Employer