Sous Chef

HCA Healthcare; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) matching

Education support

Tuition assistance

Job summary

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery is seeking an experienced Culinary Leader to oversee daily food production across Patient Food Service, Physicians Dining Room, Cafeteria and Catering. You will ensure HACCP compliance and supervise staff, with involvement in hiring and development.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of high-volume culinary leadership within healthcare, plus a Food Service Manager’s Certification within 90 days of hire. Hospital meals emphasize quality, safety, and presentation.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Culinary Arts from an accredited program preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years professional culinary leadership experience in a high-volume setting (hospitality or healthcare)
• Comprehensive knowledge of food & catering trends with focus on quality, sanitation, production & presentation
• Food Service Manager’s Certification required within 90 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily food production operations for Patient Food Service, Physicians Dining Room, Cafeteria and Catering
• Ensure all food items are prepared, served and stored per HACCP and regulatory standards; maintain high quality, safety and sanitation
• Supervise staff, assist in hiring, counseling and development, document evaluations and disciplinary actions
• Assist with menu development for cafeteria, physicians dining, catering events and patients; coordinate large catered functions
• Promote consistent, positive patient interactions that support unparalleled patient service
• Monitor attendance and overtime using KRONOS per facility procedures

Skills

Staff supervision

Menu development

Food safety & sanitation

Leadership

Education

Associates Degree in Culinary Arts

Technical Degree in related field

Tools

KRONOS

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $18.69 - $26.16 / hour

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The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Responsible for overseeing the daily food production operations for Patient Food Service,PhysiciansDining Room,Cafeteriaand Catering.
• Ensures that all food items are prepared,servedand stored according to HACCP and regulatory agency standards.Maintainshigh standardsof quality,safetyand sanitation.
• Effectively supervises staff,assistsin the hiring, counseling ,coachingand development of staff. Appropriately documents all staff records, i.e., annual evaluations, disciplinary process, etc.
• Assistswith menu development for cafeteria,physiciansdining, cateringeventsand patients.Assistswith coordination of large catered functions.
• Assumes accountability for promoting consistent, positive patient interactions that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service.
• Monitor employee attendance for timeliness, accrual of incremental overtimeutilizingKRONOSon a daily basisper facility procedures.

What qualifications you will need:

• Associates Degree in Culinary Artsfrom an accredited program,Associates Degree, or Technical Degree in related field preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years Professional Culinary Leadership experience in a high volume, fine dining restaurant, country club,hotelor healthcare organizationrequired
• Comprehensive knowledge of food & catering trends with focus on quality, sanitation, production & presentationrequired
• Food Service Manager’s Certification Required within90 daysof hire

Benefits

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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LewisGale Hospital Montgomery has provided quality healthcare services since 1910. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. We specialize in heart and vascular care—with the only cardiac catheterization lab in the New River Valley. We perform percutaneous coronary intervention - (stent and angioplasty). We provide services in orthopedic and spine care, and heartburn treatment at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery’s Heartburn Treatment Center. Our maternity services through our family-focused Birthing Center facilities have award-winning lactation consultants.

At LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

\"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.