Food Service Supervisor

Split Rock Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Split Rock Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is seeking a Food Service Supervisor to oversee daily meal preparation in accordance with safety and therapeutic diet guidelines. The role ensures nutritional accuracy, quality, and timely production in a healthcare kitchen.

You will manage sanitation, staff scheduling, training, and performance evaluations, while coordinating with other departments to meet operational needs. Previous supervisory experience in healthcare food service is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years progressive experience in food service.
• HACCP principles applied to production operations.
• Experience supervising in healthcare or long-term care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production standards are followed and meals meet safety, nutrition, taste, and appearance.
• Evaluate daily food production quality and adjust as needed.
• Supervise sanitation activities and assign work schedules.
• Prepare and monitor staff schedules and coverage.
• Maintain logs for callbacks, meal deliveries, and daily assignments.
• Conduct performance reviews and train new employees.
• Complete daily kitchen inspections and coordinate with maintenance for repairs.
• Open/close kitchen according to policy and communicate with other departments.

Skills

Food service supervision

People management

Quality control

Tools

Standard production equipment

Job description

BROAD FUNCTION

The Supervisor will assume all meals of the facility are prepared following food safety guidelines assuring nutritional accuracy and following the therapeutic diets.

BROAD FUNCTION

The Supervisor will assume all meals of the facility are prepared following food safety guidelines assuring nutritional accuracy and following the therapeutic diets.

SPECIFIC TASKS

• Assures that production standards are followed, food is prepared in a safe and wholesome manner and food taste, texture and appearance is of optimal quality.
• Evaluates food production on a daily basis.
• Performs supervisory duties over the sanitation activities of the department-prioritizes cleaning and assigns work schedule.
• Prepares work schedules and assigns duties, checks for personnel coverage and adherence to schedules.
• Post call backs and meal delivery logs.
• Post daily assignments and production sheets.
• Evaluates performance of Dietary Aides, conducts performance appraisal interviews and helps employee improve performance.
• Orients new employees and insures proper training in all areas.
• Maintains records of employees work performance and initiates disciplinary action when appropriate, according to union policies.
• Communicates effectively with other departments of the facility when appropriate.
• Completes special assignments in a timely manner.
• Conducts daily inspections of the physical plant and notifies maintenance to initiate work orders as needed; after/before hours, takes necessary steps to alert maintenance personnel of any emergency repairs.
• Responsible for the daily opening and/or closing of the department-following established protocol and insuring that all environmental and operational needs are met.
• May be assigned to work in other areas in case of an emergency.
• Completes the kitchen sanitation tool of all nutrition service areas.
• Checks and maintains refrigeration and dish machine temperature logs.
• Communicates with the production personnel to insure that food is ready on time.
• Sanitation Inspections of all Nutrition Service areas.
• Test and maintains appropriate food temperatures from production to delivery of meals.
• Checks all food deliveries
• Checks that food is properly rotated and labeled.
• Will consistently demonstrate compliance with the facilities code of conduct described in the acronym R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Respect, Effective Communication, Sensitivity, Professionalism, Exceeding expectations, Courtesy, Teamwork).
• Assumes other responsibilities and tasks as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Assure that cafeteria food schedule is followed and cafeteria is maintained.
• 3+ years progressive experience in food service.
• Ability to operate all standard production equipment.
• Preferred experience in quality food production including entrees, starches and soups.
• Ability to integrate basic HACCP principles into food production operation and to survey the operation using the principles of HACCP.
• Maintains up to date information in the Geri Menu
• Communicates in Supervisor log book all necessary communications.
• Responsible for opening and closing kitchen according to policy.
• One year of supervisory experience in food production in an acute or long term care facility.