Dining Services Director

Anthem Memory Care; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Morningside Place Memory Care in Overland Park, KS seeks a Working Chef Director to oversee the dietary department, supervise staff, and ensure meals meet quality standards. You will plan menus, manage kitchen operations, and coordinate with HR and management to maintain safety and compliance.

You will prepare budgets, monitor food costs, train dining personnel, and ensure documentation of QA results. Strong leadership, food safety knowledge, and the ability to work within regulatory

Qualifications

• Two or more years of dining services management experience.
• Supervisory experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of food handling operations and ability to create nutritional menus addressing special diets.
• Public relations knowledge desirable.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and stay abreast with Assisted Living Facility industry.
• English reading/writing proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct food program and culinary activities.
• Directly manage dining team employees: hire, coach, train; terminate as needed per HR policies.
• Maintain staffing records and related documentation for reference.
• Train dining personnel.
• Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities.
• Prepare food for meals and catered events.
• Oversee daily kitchen operations.
• Modify menus to meet quality standards.
• Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs.
• Review policies and procedures and suggest improvements.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety in the dietary department.
• Provide legible weekly/daily menus to residents and the public; participate in Dining Services and Resident meetings; document changes.
• Prepare proposed annual budget for manager approval; monitor budget as directed.
• Maintain relationships with state health department and other agencies; coordinate services as needed.
• Participate in community activities; represent facility at meetings.
• Review physical environment and operation of Dining Services; oversee equipment maintenance and replacement.
• Monitor temperatures; document records for QA and reference.
• Participate in QA studies; provide evaluation of QA results.

Skills

Dining services management

Staff coaching & training

Budgeting & cost control

Food safety knowledge

English communication

Public relations

Education

Serve Safe Certification

Job description

ABOUT US

Morningside Place Memory Care is guided by a single purpose: To engage, protect, and love people living with memory loss. We are committed to sustaining a safe, active, and loving environment; to give our families peace of mind; to be patient, seeking to understand those living with memory loss; to provide each Anthem team member the opportunity for personal and professional growth, and to be respectful, trustworthy, and good stewards in all we do.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF POSITION

This "Working Chef Director position" maintains efficient operation of the dietary department, directs, and supervises all staff and ensures adequate follow through of their duties.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following duties are normal for this position. These are not exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Plans and directs food program and culinary activities
• Directly manage dinning team employees as a primary duty: Hire, provide coaching to employees, lead training for employees, when necessary terminate employment in accordance with HR process and policies.
• Manage a current record of staffing levels, job tasks, and any other documentation as required. Ensures that this information is available for reference when necessary.
• Manage staff training for all dinning personnel
• Plans and directs food preparation and culinary activities
• Prepares food required for meal times and catered events
• Manage the daily operations of the kitchen
• Modifies menus and create new ones that meet quality standards
• Estimate food requirements and food/labor cots
• Reviews policies and procedures periodically and makes suggestions for changes as necessary
• Ensures department compliance with federal, state and local standards
• Responsible for the cleanliness and safety of all work areas in the dietary department
• Ensures that legible weekly and daily menus are available to residents and the public. Attends and participates in Dining Services and Resident meetings. Actively maintains documentation of suggested changes and addresses them as appropriate. Communicates actions taken to the appropriate parties.
• Prepares a proposed annual budget for approval by the manager. Responsible to monitor and adhere to the budget as directed by the manager.
• Maintains working relationship with state department of health and other agencies in the community. Coordinates with their services through working and transfer agreements.
• Participates in community activities. Represents facility at meetings as requested by the manager.
• Reviews the physical environment and operation of the Dining Services department on a regular basis. Ensures appropriate use and up keep of any equipment and directs repair and replacement of faulty equipment when necessary.
• Monitors and documents freezer, refrigerator, food and water temperatures. Keeps documentation on file for reference when necessary.
• Participates in all QA studies. Accumulates data and provides written evaluation of QA results.
• All other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Two or more years of experience of Dining Services management or the delivery of food services.
• Experience in a supervisory position is desirable, but not required.
• Needs to have knowledge of food handling operations and ability to create nutritional menu that addresses special diets.
• Knowledge of public relations desirable.
• Must have knowledge of Personnel Administration, Federal and State regulations.
• Must possess the ability to interpret financial statements and keep abreast with the changes in the Assisted Living Facility industry.
• Ability to read, write and follow written and oral instructions in the English language.

CERTIFICATION AND CLEARANCE

• Serve Safe Certification or State approved safe food handling certification
• Criminal record clearance or criminal record exemption, as required by law