Hospital Chef Lead — Patient Dining & Event Culinary

Prime Healthcare; Harlingen (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick time and holidays

Bereavement leave, FMLA and otherleave

Employer 401K options

Tuition reimbursement options

Life, disability, and other insurance

Many other amazing benefits

Job summary

Prime Healthcare in Harlingen, Texas is seeking a Chef for the Dietary department. The role supports quality patient meals, cafeteria service, physician dining, and catered events.

Responsibilities include staff training in culinary skills, sanitation, and food handling, plus supervising production and service staff to comply with regulations. Full-time, days shift with 8-hour shifts and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Five years in healthcare food service with commercial cooking experience.
• Two years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Food safety certification from an accredited organization and must be current.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and oversees production practices to provide quality food service for patients, cafeteria visitors, physician dining and catered events.
• Provides staff education and development in the areas of culinary skills, food handling and sanitation practices.
• Supervises production employees as well as food service workers to ensure full compliance with federal, state and other regulatory agencies.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Healthcare food service

Food Safety Certification

Knowledge of therapeutic diets

Job description

Prime Healthcare in Harlingen, Texas is seeking a Chef for the Dietary department. The role supports quality patient meals, cafeteria service, physician dining, and catered events.

Responsibilities include staff training in culinary skills, sanitation, and food handling, plus supervising production and service staff to comply with regulations. Full-time, days shift with 8-hour shifts and comprehensive benefits.