Sous Chef

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; Vor Ort; USD 31.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Intermountain Health in Utah seeks a culinary supervisor to oversee kitchen staff, ensure portion control, plating standards, and compliance with safety regulations.

The role emphasizes leadership, hiring/training, and administrative duties; requires ServSafe/food handler certification, English proficiency, and experience supervising culinary teams. This is a full-time, on-site position with weekend coverage.

Qualifikationen

• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work (Utah and Idaho).
• Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques.
• Five years supervisory experience, culinary degree, or certificate (Preferred).
• Inventory control, purchasing, costing, and forecasting experience (Preferred).

Aufgaben

• Lead and supervise culinary staff and ensure completion of assigned tasks.
• Hire, coach, mentor, and evaluate staff performance.
• Ensure food safety standards and regulatory guidelines are met.
• Schedule staff to ensure coverage for vacations and call-ins within budget.
• Manage overtime and budgeted staffing levels.
• Lead patient areas and modified diets where applicable; implement best practices.

Kenntnisse

Culinary leadership

Food safety

Food production

Reading recipes

Ausbildung

Culinary degree or certificate

Tools

Commercial cooking equipment

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description:

Supervises culinary staff and provides culinary expertise in food preparation service, assuring proper production techniques, portion control and plating standards are applied according to menu, recipe, and department standards. This position will oversee operations of this service line under the direction of a manager or Executive Chef, following system-level best practice standards, supporting quality initiatives, meeting regulatory compliance, supervising caregivers, and realizing consumer expectations. Responsible for hiring, coaching, and counseling of staff on performance issues. Usually spends at least 50% of the time performing administrative/supervisory duties.

Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate: Based on Experience
• Shift Details: Full-Time (40hrs/wk). This position will be required to work some weekends and holidays. There will not be any on-call requirements, however, this position will be responsible for covering shifts due to scheduled PTO and/or call outs on their normally scheduled days. This position cannot work remotely.

Additional Details

• Culinary knowledge and leadership skills is strongly preferred.
• Essential Functions Leads, guides, assigns work and follows up to ensure completion of assigned tasks.
• Manages all human resources functions including hiring, training, mentoring, evaluating, conflict resolution, constructive discipline, and termination.
• Manages employees to ensure that food safety standards and regulatory guidelines are met.
• Assists in scheduling to ensure appropriate level of staffing and coverage for vacation and call-ins within budget.
• Manages overtime and premium pay with budget.
• Resolves issues such as service recovery, coaching/redirecting caregivers, and rearranging staffing.
• May lead patient areas and has competency in modified diets and patient meal standard works implements established best practices to deliver exceptional care and service at the appropriate cost.
• Assists in keeping storage areas clean and organized to ensure all Joint Commission and Health Department guidelines are followed.
• Mentors and develops staff using sound culinary principles.
• Uses culinary knowledge, enhances product quality by contributing ideas to menu cycles and recipe development.
• Prepares new recipes, documents result, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Ensures recipe compliance and portion control.
• Orders goods as needed; uses culinary math and historical data to calculate amounts.
• Reports equipment problems and documents history of repairs.
• Maintains compliance with portioning and presentation standards.

Skills

• Food Handling Food Safety and Sanitation Food Production Follows Instructions Recipes – ability to understand, execute and develop Reading Organizing Communication.

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work (required only in the states of Utah and Idaho). ServSafe certification obtained within 90 days of hire date if not current.
• Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications.
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred).
• Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred).
• Five years supervisory experience, culinary degree, or certificate (Preferred).
• Inventory control, purchasing, costing, and forecasting experience (Preferred).

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment.
• Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
• Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location and Salary

Location: Primary Childrens at Taylorsville Work City: Salt Lake City Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $22.24 - $32.70

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Application Notes

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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PEAK Program

Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more.

Job Evaluation

The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor. All positions subject to close without notice.

Closing Statement

Thanks for your interest in continuing your career with our team!