Posted 2 weeks ago

Dietitian Supervisor

Company: DuPage County
Category: Healthcare

 Wheaton

Type: Full Time

DuPage County has a Dietician Supervisor position open at the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center. Responsibilities include:

  • Hires, develops, and motivates a qualified clinical nutrition staff, as well as Diet Office personnel.
  • Recommends hires and promotions, directs and evaluates employment decisions for all assigned positions.
  • Coordinates all phases of nutritional care and supervises the clinical nutrition staff providing nutrition services to long-term care residents and sub-acute rehabilitative patients.
  • Assists in development and maintenance of electronic nutrition assessment forms.
  • Updates and ensures compliance with House Nutrition Formulary.
  • Consults with physicians and other health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patients.
  • Coordinates and manages nutrition assessment, care planning, monitoring, education and counseling of residents.
  • Engages with the Center’s residents, family members, co-workers and staff addressing concerns and ensuring the dietary needs are being meet.
  • Provides staff education on diets and diet therapy.
  • Samples meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and compares deliverables against established qualitative standards.
  • Works with representatives of our menu management software, and primary food distributor in planning and validating cycle menus and modified diets.
  • Prepares the segment of our quarterly QI report pertaining to clinical nutrition services.
  • Develops, implements, and maintains department Nutrition policies and procedures.
  • Ensures compliance with all state and federal guidelines for clinical nutrition services in long-term care facilities.