CONTACT INFORMATION
Elizabeth Ravenkamp
Salina, Kansas 67401
adh70n@r.postjobfree.com
Professional summary
Certified Dietary Manager and health care worker, dedicated to provide person centered care, meals, with individualize likes and needs, while maintaining dietary and nutritional standards.
Skilled in preparing menus and ensuring quality food safety standards.
Specialized in managing dietary staff with efficient scheduling and prepares food for the residents while maintaining dietary and nutritional standards proper oversight.
Core Qualifications
Solid knowledge of current dietary and nutritional standards
Extensive experience working in the nursing home setting including the dietary aide, cook and Certified Dietary Manager. Understanding of food safety procedures.
Strong Communication and organizational skills.
Ability to resolve issues in a timely manner, and meet deadlines.
A Passion to work in the care industry for the elderly and providing the best care possible for the residents.
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Clay Center Presbyterian Manor
Clay City, Kansas
Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) October 2018 – August 2020
Job Requirements and skills:
Certified Dietary Manager - Observed patient food intake and report progress and dietary problems to dietician, and nursing staff.
Obtained and evaluated dietary histories of individuals to implement the resident’s current plan of care.
Developed job specifications, job descriptions, and staff work schedules.
Prepared nutritional meal, following recipes and determining the resident’s specific physician ordered diet.
Selected, scheduled, or conducted orientation or in-service education programs.
Determined food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures.
Assist employees to maintain all equipment and prepare food according to handling techniques. Continual monitoring and implementation regarding the current State and Federal nutritional guidelines and requirements.
Ensure that food quality, safety standards, and client expectations are satisfactorily met.
Maintains records of department personnel, income and expenditures, food, supplies, inventory levels, and equipment.
Stoneybrook Health and Rehabilitation
Manhattan, Kansas
August 2015- March 2017
Dietary Manager (DM) February 2016-March 2017
Dietary Aide/Cook
August 2015-February 2016
Job Requirements and skills:
DIETARY MANAGER - Observed patient food intake and report progress and dietary problems to dietician, and nursing staff.
Obtained and evaluated dietary histories of individuals to implement the resident’s current plan of care.
Developed job specifications, job descriptions, and staff work schedules.
Prepared nutritional meal, following recipes and determining the resident’s specific physician ordered diet.
Selected, scheduled, or conducted orientation or in-service education programs.
Determined food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures.
Assist employees to maintain all equipment and prepare food according to handling techniques. Continual monitoring and implementation regarding the current State and Federal nutritional guidelines and requirements.
Ensure that food quality, safety standards, and client expectations are satisfactorily met.
Maintains records of department personnel, income and expenditures, food, supplies, inventory levels, and equipment.
Cook- prepared meals from scratch, follow physician and dietician ordered therapeutic diet, such as pureed, mechanical soft, renal or bariatric diets.
Dietary Aide – Assisted the cook to prepare the residents meals for delivery to the dining room, and /or resident’s room.
Perform regular inspections of all diet trays to ensure compliance regarding the specific resident requirements. Washing dishes, sanitizing dishes, carts, and tables, as well as daily food preparation.
Strong interpersonal skills. Technical proficiencies in dietary aide functions.
Commitment to quality food process, and the dietary experience of each resident living in the facility.
Via Christie Villages
Manhattan, Kansas
Court Assistant/Dietary Aide/Lead of the dietary services and the environmental services.
April 2012-May 2015
Job requirements and skills
Washing dishes, sanitizing dishes, carts, and tables, as well as daily food preparation.
Strong interpersonal skills. Technical proficiencies in dietary aide functions.
Commitment to quality food process, and the dietary experience of each resident living in the facility. .
Assisted the cook to prepare the residents meals for delivery to the dining room, and /o r residents room.
Perform regular inspections of all diet trays to ensure compliance regarding the specific resident requirements.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Certified Dietary Manager
North Dakota State University
December 2018 – December 2019
Certified Nurse Aide
Salina Area Technical College
Salina, Kansas
March- May 2010
Psychology
Fort hays State University
Hays, Kansas
August 2004 – May 2005
Certifications;
1)Manager ServSafe –obtained February 2017, US Foods, Kansas City, Kansas
2) C.N.A. - June 2010- present
REFERENCES
1.)Christian Gilbert – Executive Director Salina Presbyterian Manor
Salina, Kansas
2.)Tisha Van Wyhe – Former SSD Clay Center Presbyterian Manor
Liberal, Kansas
3.)Codi Thurness – Administrator and past KDADS Commissioner
Currently Executive Director Melody Living, Colorado Springs, Colorado