Director of Food And Beverage

WHO ARE WE?

Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work! South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida’s best kept secrets! You’ll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact on our residents’ lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation’s leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Director of Food and Beverage Services is responsible for the overall effective dietary services; selecting, training, and supervising all dietary services personnel; procuring supplies and equipment; assisting with budget preparation and operating within budgetary guidelines.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of the Director of Dining Services:

• Organizes, directs, and supervises all dietary service functions in consultation with the Dietitian.
• Maintains established dietary standards and policies and assists the Dietitian in establishing and revising dietary policies and procedures.
• Interviews salespeople and purchases food and supplies, checks incoming food, and supplies and directs storage location and procedures.
• Records department costs, maintains inventory system, and regularly checks storage areas for stock level of staple items.
• Prepares menus for distribution including processing diet changes, checking that menus for patients on special diets or with dietary restrictions comply with physicians’ orders, identifying menus (normal diets and special diets) and planning meals accordingly.
• Directs duties of Cook, etc. as required. Check special diet trays.
• Plans and assists in preparation of special meals for parties, banquets, etc.
• Assures efficiency of food preparation and serving; compliance with local, state, and federal standards; sanitation, and hygiene and health standards of personnel.
• Oversees the selection, training, evaluating, and disciplining of all dietary personnel.
• Reviews and maintains required records and reports covering (a) number and kinds of regular and therapeutic diets, (b) prepared nutritional and caloric analyses of meals, costs of raw food and labor, (d) computation of daily meal costs, (e) inventory of equipment and supplies and (f) develops and directs department cost control procedures.
• Delegates authority to supervisory staff for task details to facilitate smooth flow of materials and services.
• Participates in the research, preparation and writing of department budget.
• Visits patients periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conducts evaluations to make revisions in dietary procedures to promote better food service.
• Coordinates dietary service with nursing service in cooperation with nursing personnel.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High School graduate required with certifications as required by state regulation. College degree preferred.
• A minimum of three years’ experience in the administration of food services systems.
• Ability to communicate with, understand, empathize with, and be tolerant of residents, patients, visitors, families, peers, subordinates, supervisor and outside contacts.

What We Offer:

• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay! South Port Square now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on demand, as it's earned.
• Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
• Fun, caring, inclusive work environment!

Full-Time, Exempt

Salary: From $80,000.00 per year

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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