Demo

Food Service Director

Preferred Care Health Centers
Trenton, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 2/26/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Director position at Preferred Care Health Centers?

Preferred Care at Mercer, a 5 star Nursing Home is currently seeking an experienced Dietary Director. This candidate will join a wonderful team and help create a collaborative and efficient workplace with attention to quality standards and policies

The primary purpose of the Dietary Director position is to assume responsibility for planning, organizing, developing and directing the overall operation of the Dietary Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations governing our facility.

  • Assure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and insure that the dining services department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
  • Manage on-site dining services management staff to achieve operating efficiencies in quality of service, food and beverage, resident satisfaction and financial performance.
  • Maintains quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
  • Determines quality and quantity of food required; plans menus and controls food costs; may be scheduled to prepare meals.
  • Oversees the food preparation and cooking, to ensure meals are prepared per company procedures.
  • Makes frequent inspections of all work, storage, and serving areas to determine that regulations governing food safety and sanitation are followed.
  • Prepares cleaning schedule, production worksheet and staff schedules.
  • Maintains inventory of food and nonfood items.
  • A minimum of 1 year experience in a supervisor capacity in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility or other related medical field is required.


Dietary Director Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Medical & Dental Benefits
  • Paid Time Off
  • Opportunity for Growth

Salary.com Estimation for Food Service Director in Trenton, NJ
$111,662 to $144,439
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Food Service Director?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Food Service Director career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$52,699 - $73,733
Income Estimation: 
$73,946 - $97,578
Income Estimation: 
$31,235 - $38,348
Income Estimation: 
$39,515 - $52,417
Income Estimation: 
$73,946 - $97,578
Income Estimation: 
$94,765 - $125,345
This job has expired.
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Preferred Care Health Centers

  • Preferred Care Health Centers Bethesda, MD
  • Job Summary: We are seeking an energetic and compassionate Activities Assistant to join our team at Montcare Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland! As an Activiti... more
  • 8 Months Ago

  • Preferred Care Health Centers Bethesda, MD
  • GNA - 11PM-7AM Night Shift Job Summary: Montcare Bethesda, a leading healthcare management company, is seeking a compassionate and skilled GNA to join our ... more
  • 8 Months Ago

  • Preferred Care Health Centers Saginaw, MI
  • Essential Functions Prepares food for regular and therapeutic diets according to the planned menu, as well as employees and special events, as instructed b... more
  • 8 Months Ago

  • Preferred Care Health Centers Hamilton, NJ
  • Preferred Care At Hamilton is looking for Activity Aids to join our Healthcare team. At Preferred Care , we believe in providing our associates with growth... more
  • 8 Months Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Food Service Director jobs in the Trenton, NJ area that may be a better fit.

  • Preferred Care at Mercer Trenton, NJ
  • Preferred Care at Mercer, a 5 star Nursing Home is currently seeking an experienced Dietary Director . This candidate will join a wonderful team and help c... more
  • 8 Months Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!