A nutrition supervisor is a professional Responsible for nutritional monitoring of food and beverage intake and its effects on the human body, recommending a suitable diet for each person, in order to improve their health and quality of life.
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These They can work as nutrition supervisors in different organizations, such as hospitals, canteens, among other related entities; monitoring the nutritional load of each food and supervising compliance with the relevant health protocols.
As a supervisor, your work is not only limited to monitoring the nutritional load of food, also of inventory management, personnel management, among other administrative activities inherent to the position.
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In this article you will find:
Functions:
Food Supervision: One of the main functions of a nutrition supervisor is to monitor that each meal meets nutrition standards,
Inventory control: The nutrition supervisor should also supervise the provision of food inventories for the elaboration of each food, according to its expiration time, in perishable products and not perishables; maintaining only the necessary endowment to guarantee that each dish on the menu is made with the freshest possible products.
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Similarly, you must monitor and control losses in food preparation.
Personnel management: Among their tasks is the supervision of the staff, both the kitchen staff, ensuring that each Food preparation complies with the indications of each menu, such as the supervision of waiters, cleaning staff, among others.
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In addition, it coordinates work teams, delegating functions to improve efficiency in the dining room service.
Supervision of hygiene practices and sanitary standards: The tasks of nutritional supervisor, imply carrying out in the same way the supervision of quality and hygiene in the handling and preparation of food and beverages, as well as equipment and establishment.
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Therefore, the supervisor's work must be focused on protecting the health of consumers through safety practices, in strict adherence to sanitary standards, (Official Mexican standard: NOM-251-SSA1-2009).
Monitor nutritional diets: Likewise, within its functions is the monitoring of the results, or effects of the diets in people or patients, making the changes in the menu that it considers necessary to improve your health.
Characteristics of a Nutrition Supervisor
The characteristics that a nutrition supervisor must possess are:
- It should be focused on improving people's health through a nutritional diet.
- He has leadership skills to direct the entire work team to achieve the goal of offering better nutrition.
- You must always be willing to offer nutritional advice to the consumer or patient through good eating habits, responding to all their concerns.
Nutrition Supervisor Job Field
- Nutrition supervisor in hospitals.
- Nutrition supervisor in children's shelter dining room.
- Nutrition supervisor in a nursing home dining room for the elderly.
- Nutrition supervisor in industrial dining room.
job requirements
- Being Lic. In nutrition.
- Have previous verifiable experience in industrial canteens, hospitals or the like.
- Have knowledge and management of the Distinctive H program and Rule 251. (applies only to Mexico).
- Have knowledge in inventory control.
- Have knowledge in the implementation of HACCP (The system of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), system recommended by the FAO for the production of safe food. (optional requirement depending on the entity).
Average Nutrition Supervisor Salaries
In Mexico, a nutrition supervisor earns around $7,000.00 to about $14,000 pesos per month, which varies depending on the entity, public or private.
