Certified Dietary Manager (CDM)

About the role

The Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) oversees the daily operations of the dietary department to ensure high-quality nutritional care and exceptional dining services for residents. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations; maintains safe food handling standards; supports resident satisfaction; and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to meet individualized nutritional needs.

Ciena Healthcare is a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in Michigan and Ohio. We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. Join us, if you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

Responsibilities

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Completes and updates the nutrition screening and assessment and diet history as part of the comprehensive assessment process.
• Refers new residents, if required by the state and all Residents at nutritional risk to Dietitian for evaluation.
• Interviews residents, family members, legal representatives and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized plans of care, protect and promote Residents’ rights and accommodate individual needs and preferences.
• Participates with the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plans of care.
• Participates in care conferences.
• Communicates resident concerns and responses to interventions to interdisciplinary team members, the Dietitian and direct care staff.
• Collaborates with other departments to identify and accommodate individual Resident’s choices, preferences and customary routines regarding eating.
• Assist the Dietitian with planning menus that meet the nutritional needs of Residents in accordance with recommended dietary allowance and state and federal regulations.
• Verifies resident information regarding new admissions, diet order changes, room changes, and daily census.
• Provides timely and accurate completion of