Job Description

Are you passionate about food and nutrition and ensuring seniors have delicious, healthy meals? As a Kitchen Supervisor at Regency at Livonia, you have the opportunity to oversee and lead the operations of the culinary department.

At Ciena Healthcare, we take care of you too, with an attractive benefit package including:

• Competitive pay
• Life Insurance
• 401K with matching funds
• Health insurance
• AFLAC
• Employee discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement

You will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and strong teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manages the facility Dietary Department
• Provides nourishing, palatable and well-balanced meals to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws
• Interviews, hires, and trains culinary employees and volunteers
• Plans, assigns and directs work
• Prepares work assignment sheets
• Receives calls and finds replacements for absent staff
• Prepares performance evaluations with the understanding such evaluations impact tenure of probationary employees and wage increases of non-probationary employees
• Schedules and adjusts lunch and rest breaks
• Approves errors in time cards or other timekeeping records
• Receives and resolves employee complaints
• Monitors and corrects job performance of employees
• Disciplines employees up to and including discharge
• Adequately supervises assigned staff and assures that those staff are supervising employees assigned to them
• Uses independent judgment and discretion on behalf of the organization in the performance of these duties

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prefer one-year supervised food service experience in an institutional setting focusing on planning, preparing and servicing regular and therapeutic diets.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• ServSafe Certification

About Ciena Healthcare

Ciena Healthcare is Michigan’s largest provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care services.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way, Ciena is the place for you!