Prairie Bluffs - Director- Culinary Serv

Job Description

Job Description

Prairie Bluffs , a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Director of Culinary Services to join our growing team!

Prairie Bluffs is conveniently located right off Highway 169 and Pioneer Trail in Eden Prairie. We help seniors Age Magnificently in our gorgeous 140-unit, apartment-style community, providing Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care services.  Join our team today!

Salary : $68,000-$73,000 annually, depending on experience

Service Area : 10300 Hennepin Town Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55347

Schedule: Full-Time, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, MOD rotation

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.    

In this position, you are responsible for meeting high standards in the areas of meal preparation, communication, record-keeping, and effectively working with employees, residents, and their families to ensure high-quality and nutritious dietary services. Duties include, but are not limited to

• Practice proper food handling, infection control, and safety control methods, including hand washing, isolation procedures, fire safety, OSHA and workers’ compensation rules and regulations. 
• Manage inventory and ordering of food and culinary supplies, including reviewing and adhering to the departmental budget.  
• Hire, train, and supervise culinary employees.  
• Maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders such as residents, their families, staff, and the community.  
• Participate in facility leadership meetings, Interdisciplinary Team meetings, Quality Assurance/Improvement, Care Conferences, and other facility meetings as required.  
• Interview residents and families to ensure nutritional needs are met.   
• Nutritional monitoring of residents through assessments, progress notes, and dietary care planning.  
• 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.  

Qualifications:  

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

Benefits:  

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

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers, and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

  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.