Sous Chef

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Tuition assistance

401(k) Plan with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Join HCA Florida North Florida Hospital as a Sous Chef where you will oversee cooks and manage food preparation to ensure quality meals for patients and cafeteria services. You will train staff, maintain standards, and manage departmental activities.

The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of experience in a culinary role and a High School Graduate / GED. Enjoy comprehensive benefits including health, retirement, and education support.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of related experience.
• Ability to organize and follow written and verbal instructions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee food preparation, ensuring quality and taste.
• Ensure staff training and development.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness in the department.

Skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School Graduate / GED

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Sous Chef with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

We are seeking a Sous Chef who oversees the cooks and is responsible for food preparation of the food service operation, ensuring quality and taste of food delivered to patients, cafeteria, and catering.

Responsibilities

• Ensures department is achieving standards / goals
• Provides for staff training and development (competency)
• Assists chef in training and developing cooks
• Assists chef in performing timely, accurate employee performance appraisals
• Ensures equipment is repaired in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates management and leadership skills
• Gives instructions professionally and effectively to employees.
• Completes projects timely
• Ensures employees practice safety techniques and incident reports are completed in a timely manner.
• Achieves effective sanitation and infection control techniques - consistently meets JCAHO, State and City Health Department inspection requirements
• Recommends and makes changes for improvement within the department
• Ensures staff follows hospital and departmental policies. Administers appropriate discipline when necessary.
• Maintains/enhances employee morale through suggestions and action
• Works with Nutritional Service Manager on ordering.
• Working in conjunction with chef on developing quality patient menus/recipes
• Working in conjunction with chef on developing quality café menus/recipes
• Working in conjunction with chef on developing quality catering menus/recipes
• Achieves strong staff engagement
• Achieves strong patient satisfaction
• Assists in departmental and hospital PI programs.
• Investigates and responds to issues/problems and provides follow-up and resolution to the chef on a timely basis
• Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of the department.
• Supports hospital/departmental policies.
• Achieves personal development through education
• Maintains a cooperative working relationship and shares necessary information (including the uses of computer) with Department Management Team (Director, Chief Clinical Dietitian, and supervisors.)
• Performs other related functions as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Graduate / GED
• 3 to 5 years related experience
• Ability to organize, follow written and verbal instructions and demonstrate excellent customer service and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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.