Dining Service Chef

Find your joy here, at Villa Santa Barbara, a Sonida Senior Living community! We offer a comprehensive benefit package to include competitive wage/salary, health and dental insurance, 401k with company match & much more!

COMMUNITY, a premier retirement community in CITY, STATE, provides quality care to residents in an INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, MEMORY CARE community.  

What we offer you:

• Flexible scheduling**
• Cutting edge technology to enhance the lives of our residents and make your job easier and more effective.
• SafelyYou - AI video technology that detects and prevent falls
• Advanced EHR Technologies - automated care assessments eliminating busy work, helping you deliver better care
• Sage - Improve call light response time and improvement to service and care
• Microsoft Power BI - one stop for all data needs
• Company support for educational and learning opportunities
• Paid referral programs for Team Member and Resident referrals
• Medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurances*
• 401k retirement savings offering a discretionary match determined each year based on company performance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dependent Care and FSA saving accounts
• PTO available day one
• Paid Training

*Benefit eligibility dependent on employment status

**Eligibility based on location

Dining Services Chef Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for providing healthy food for residents.
• Maintains standards for dining services to the Residents to include efficient meal service delivery, customer service and cleanliness of the dining room and kitchen.
• Reports problems, concerns and issues observed with food service and communicates them appropriately.
• Observes changes in Resident status, needs or preferences and communicates them appropriately.
• Observes all work, safety, and administrative rules to include local and state requirements.
• Prepares and serves meals for assigned shifts.
   Clean. after preparation and service; work area, pots and equipment.
   Ensures all leftovers are covered, labeled, dated and stored in the proper place.
   Assists Dining Services Director in all assigned responsibilities.
   Acts as Dining Services Director with regard to kitchen operations in his/her absence Acts as a positive representative of
  the community at all times.
   Notes and reports menu substitutions and any prep shortages for the menu in absence of Dining Service Director.
   Prepares and serves appetizing food in accordance with planned menus, approved recipes, and scheduled mealtimes.
   Coordinates dietetic services with other departments as necessary.
   Works with Dining Service Director as necessary and implements recommend changes as required.
   Stores food and checks supplies upon delivery in absence of Dining Services Director.
  Practices effective communication skills with residents, guests and employees.
   Uses active listening skills, provides effective and timely feedback, participates actively in meetings, takes action to
  maintain the confidentiality of communications.
   Interacts with residents, families, staff, and other visitors to the property in pleasant, respectful, and courteous manner.
   Attends Resident Township or Food meetings. Incorporates resident's suggestions whenever possible into meal and food
  preparations.
   Fosters teamwork among all staff.
   Ensures the coordination of service with other departments as needed.
   Serves as a role model of Sonida Senior Living's principles of customer service and insures staff adherence to these
  principles.
   Acts as a positive representative of the community at all times
   Reports maintenance and repair items through the Maintenance Work Order program.
   Provides initial check on food serving to ensure that food is displayed attractively and served properly.
   Participates in the recommendation and implementation of Safety and Quality Improvement Programs.
  Promotes Sonida Senior Living’s missions, values and goals; high ethical standards of professional conduct including
  adherence to appearance and uniform standards; inspires the same commitment in others.
   Adapts leadership style to the situation, the task and/or the person. Brings a focused, calming influence to crisis situations
  action taken.
   Encourages and supports others to work cooperatively to accomplish tasks.
   Creates a positive work environment.
   Is a self-starter; is self-confident; takes on new responsibility and initiates activities with minimal supervision; demonstrates
  self-esteem

Qualifications:

• One to two years’ experience in a similar position preferred. Willing to train the right candidate.
• Enjoy providing exceptional customer service and care to our senior residents.