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La Hacienda Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
Anticipated Opening Early 2012
La Hacienda Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center will be a licensed 124 bed nursing facility located in Southwest Houston, TX. Our mission is to provide individualized medical rehabilitation and healthcare services in a warm and friendly environment designed to make everyone feel at home.
Qualifications:
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Must complete a state agency approved 90 hour course in food service supervision,
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Or has had training and experience in food service supervision and management in a military service equivalent and has had his/her training credentials evaluated and approved by the Nutrition Program Specialist Bureau of Long Term Care TDH
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Associates/Arts graduate in nutrition and food management (dietary technician) or graduate of a Dietetic Technician or Dietetic Assistant training program approved by the American Dietetic Association or Dietary Manager’s Association whether approved by correspondence or in a classroom.
Position Summary:
Supervise the Dietary Services with regularly scheduled consultation from a qualified dietician. To provide nourishing food to residents, guests, and employees under sanitary conditions as directed and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Essential Job Functions:
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Participate in regular conference with the Administrator and with the RN who has responsibility for the resident and the resident’s plan of care.
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Provide information about the approaches to identified nutritional problems.
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Assist in development of dietetic policies and procedures,
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Recommendations and assist in developing personnel policies,
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Plan diets to be reviewed by consultant.
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Purchasing or requisition food and supplies in appropriate quantities based upon the menus.
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Maintain a file of standardized recipes adjusted to the proper yield.
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Supervise food preparation and service.
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Implement schedules for work and cleaning.
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Maintain high sanitation standards.
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Ensure proper maintenance of equipment in cooperation with the Administrator.
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Control food and labor cost according to budget.
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Participate in employee selection and termination.
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Schedule Food Service employees to attend orientation and training programs.
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Assist the Dietician in planning and conducting an in-service training program.
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Maintain personnel records.
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Visit residents and assist in gathering information on food preference and giving diet instructions.
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Communicating appropriate information to other members of the health care team.
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Follow up on recommendations from the dietician.
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Maintenance of essential records:
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Meal census
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Diets served
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Menus
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Purchase records
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Diet carded
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Diet roster
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Nutrition assessments and care plans
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Weekly staffing patterns
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Employment of necessary personnel to provide adequate staffing
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Monitor resident weights
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Complete the nutritional assessment component of the MDS within 14 days of admission and update as needed.
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Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Hazardous Waste and Product Rules, Blood Borne Pathogens Rule and Universal Precautions and ascertain that all employees who work under his/her supervision in dietary department receive the appropriate training in these rules and follow them in their daily work practice.
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Other duties for department heads- manager of day, tours, grievances, dining room duty.
