Job Description
Job Description: Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ensures that a high-quality food production program is maintained at all times. Ensures that food production and service staff are properly supported, and have the tools needed, in order to accomplish their job duties. In collaboration with Executive Chef or in absence of Executive Chef, oversees, and performs human resource responsibilities for staff, which includes, interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, shoulder to shoulder training, and performance evaluations. Resolution of employee concerns, disciplinary counseling, and maintaining, and improving overall employee morale and engagement. Oversees ingredient selection, purchasing, portioning control, and works to eliminate waste. Ensures departmental compliance with all infection control, safety, and applicable city, county, and state health regulations. As well as HAACP, TJC, Baptist Health, and Departmental standards and requirements. Works in coordination with the Executive Chef to provide menu feedback and site requests/needs to the System Executive Director of Culinary Operations for current and/or future menu needs - with an emphasis on high customer satisfaction, and an integration of wellness into retail offerings. Taking into account market conditions, ingredient costs, popularity of various dishes, and recent trends. Manages catering program, and prepares and presents special meals and dishes, as requested. Collaborates with the Executive Chef and System Executive Director of Culinary Operations in developing, and preparing new recipes, documenting results, and problem solving. Develops and maintains policies and procedures which outline food production, catering, sanitation, and safe food handling. Maintains knowledge of developments, trends, and practices, by participating in continuing education courses, professional organizations, and seminars. Participates in all hospital required educational programs. Benefits: Tuition Assistance reimbursement program Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave. Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924, Baptist Health has been bringing advanced medical technology, modern facilities, and many of the region's most prominent physicians and medical professionals to the communities of our commonwealth for nearly a century. Headquartered in Louisville, the Baptist Health family of hospitals, care centers, physician offices and health facilities has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Counting all nine hospitals, we have more than 2,700 licensed beds. Baptist Health has more than 300 points of care include outpatient facilities which offer Urgent Care, occupational medicine, physical therapy and diagnostics. Home care is also available in 39 Kentucky counties, six counties in Illinois and six counties in Southern Indiana. Our physician network of more than 3,000 employed and affiliated physicians continues to grow as we endeavor to improve access to healthcare and enhance the health of Kentucky as a whole. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call . For TDD to voice, call .
