Asbury Communities

Hospital And Health Care

ExecutiveChef

$85–90k Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Executive Chef at Asbury Communities. Skills: Culinary operations, Healthcare dining, Team leadership. Lead back-of-house culinary operations. Support campus-wide culinary initiatives”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure exceptional resident satisfaction; Ensure operational excellence; Ensure regulatory compliance; Support achievement of departmental financial goals

Industry & Context.

Hospital And Health Care
Eligibility Requirements

Every other weekend and holiday required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7–10 years of culinary leadership experience, Experience managing therapeutic diet production, Experience managing texture-modified diets, ServSafe Certification

Nice to Have

3–5 years in healthcare, senior living, rehabilitation, or skilled nursing culinary operations, Experience with IDDSI standards, Experience with healthcare tray line systems, Experience with regulatory compliance, Experience in upscale dining, Experience in catering, Experience in café operations, Experience in special event programming, Experience leading large culinary teams in a high-volume environment, Culinary degree or formal culinary training

What You'll Do.

Lead back-of-house culinary operations

Support campus-wide culinary initiatives

Oversee culinary production

Ensure healthcare diet compliance

Manage food safety systems

Maintain kitchen sanitation

Ensure regulatory readiness

Ensure meals are produced safely

Ensure meals are produced efficiently

Ensure meals are therapeutically correct

Serve meals at highest quality standards

Direct and oversee culinary production

Ensure meals prepared according to therapeutic diet orders

Ensure meals prepared according to physician orders

Ensure meals prepared according to resident preferences

Ensure meals prepared according to IDDSI standards

Oversee production and execution of regular diets

Oversee production and execution of texture-modified diets

Oversee production and execution of pureed diets

Oversee production and execution of mechanical soft diets

Oversee production and execution of renal diets

Oversee production and execution of diabetic diets

Oversee production and execution of low sodium diets

Oversee production and execution of allergy-sensitive meals

Oversee production and execution of thickened liquid requirements

Ensure accurate tray assembly

Ensure accurate portioning

Ensure accurate meal ticket accuracy

Ensure timely meal delivery

Maintain proper food temperatures

Maintain resident safety

Maintain consistency in food quality

Maintain consistency in flavor

Maintain consistency in presentation

Maintain consistency in nutritional integrity

Monitor and enforce HACCP procedures

Monitor and enforce cooling logs

Monitor and enforce reheating standards

Monitor and enforce temperature logs

Monitor and enforce sanitation documentation

Support achievement of departmental financial goals

Monitor inventory levels

Monitor ordering practices

Monitor product utilization

Ensure efficient production scheduling

Ensure efficient labor deployment

Maintain integrity of standardized recipes

Maintain integrity of portion controls

Maintain integrity of production systems

Collaborate with Dining leadership on operational improvements

Collaborate with Dining leadership on resident satisfaction initiatives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Works collaboratively with Clinical Nutrition; Works collaboratively with Nursing; Works collaboratively with Operations; Works collaboratively with Dining leadership

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