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Nashville Center for Rehabilitation and Healing Certified Dietary Manager in Nashville, Tennessee

Certified Dietary Manager

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.

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

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 if applicable base on state regulations.

    An Equal Opportunity Employer

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