Culinary Manager

Heritage Pointe, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Culinary Manager to join our growing team. Heritage Pointe Senior Living is conveniently located near the heart of downtown Marshall, Minnesota. We have helped seniors Age Magnificently since 2013 in our gorgeous 58-unit, apartment style community providing Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care services. Heritage Pointe provides a strong leadership team and welcoming staff. We recently were awarded the 2023 Bronze AHCA/NCAL Quality Award. Join our team today!

Schedule

Full-Time Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, MOD/Holiday Rotation

Wage

$23.00-$26.00 Hourly

Are you compassionate towards others? Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others? If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently! Our Director of Culinary becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community.

Position Summary

Responsible for meeting high standards in the areas of meal preparation, communication, record keeping, and effectively working with staff, residents, tenants, and their families to ensure high quality and nutritional dietary services.

Position Functions and Responsibilities

• Practice proper food handling, infection control and safety control methods including hand washing, isolation procedures, fire safety, OSHA and worker’s compensation rules and regulations.
• Purchase and check in all food and non food items.
• Manage inventory weekly.
• Review and adhere to departmental budget.
• Oversee the production and service of food and participate as needed.
• Hire, orientate, train, counsel, and discipline culinary employees.
• Develop work procedures and schedules.
• Evaluate work performance of culinary employees.
• Participate in facility leadership meetings, Interdisciplinary Team meetings, Quality Assurance/Improvement, Care Conferences and other facility meetings as required.
• Make daily contact with residents and families.
• Interview residents and families to ensure nutritional needs are met.
• Nutritional monitoring of residents through assessments, progress notes and dietary care planning.
• Work in conjunction with facility Consulting Dietitian (where applicable) to assure optimum nutrition is obtained for all residents.
• Complete documentation as needed.
• Process and review diet orders to ensure compliance with physician orders.
• Must be adaptable, flexible to changes, and able to prioritize and organize work efficiently to accomplish workload within time allotted.
• Maintains positive relationships with key stakeholders such as residents, their families, staff, and the community.
• Maintain a positive attitude in relation to customer service program.
• Abides by the facility’s policies, procedures and practices.
• Participates in and supports Quality efforts throughout the facility.
• Attends meetings and mandatory in-services.
• Knowledge and adherence to safety/disaster preparedness plan.
• All other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Must have a current ServSafe Certification. A minimum of one year experience in dietary field is preferred. Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’s families and employees. Must have proficient knowledge of computer systems, including email use.

Benefits

• Annual reviews with wage increases
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• 401k + company match
• Employee Referral bonuses
• Tuition reimbursement and nursing loan forgiveness
• Flexible scheduling
• Career development

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.