40 hours per week | Monday-Friday

Primary Job Function

To complete the nutritional assessment on residents and determine appropriate plans for each; also to assist the Director of Nutritional Services in carrying out the operation of the department, providing supervisory tasks as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for knowing and maintaining high quality standards of food production and portion control using standardized recipes of provided
• Understand, change and follow the menu, regular and therapeutic, and will supervise staff to do so
• Ability to calculate measurements, write recipes, initiate tray cards, adjust menus, make out schedules and utilize department computer software
• Complete employee performance evaluations as assigned
• Ability to develop menu patterns and evaluate residents acceptance
• Responsible to asses and determine the nutritional status of the residents on his/her caseload and other residents as assigned
• Participates as a member of the health care team planning and delivering appropriate resident care
• Assists Director of Nutritional Services with evaluation of food served to residents and staff- assuring proper quantities, temperatures, and quality standards of food served are met
• Participates in continuous quality improvement (CQI) studies
• Responsible to complete the education/requirements in order to maintain registration and licensure in good standing
• Will support, implement and hold Nutritional services staff accountable to established facility policies and procedures of the facility including but not limits to personnel, Risk management/Safety program, the Voluntary protection Program (VPP), infection control and safe operating procedure within the department and facility wide

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Dietitian and has remained current with continuing education
• Previous experience with a working knowledge of functions in a nutritional services department

To apply, submit an internal Missouri Slope employment application and a resume at the front office or through the online employee self-service system.

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Missouri Slope follows CMS requirements and requires its employees to obtain and provide confirmation of all required vaccinations and screenings by the start of employment, subject to requests for accommodation as applicable and as permitted by law. This may include, but is not limited to, the COVID-19 vaccination.

Missouri Slope is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.