SOUS CHEF

Sous Chef

As the Sous Chef in a healthcare environment, you will play a key role in delivering safe, nutritious, and high-quality meals that support patient care and enhance the dining experience for residents, patients, staff, and visitors. You will assist in overseeing the daily operations of the Culinary Department, ensuring compliance with dietary guidelines, sanitation standards, and facility policies. This role includes hands-on food preparation, coaching culinary staff, and contributing to menu development that meets both clinical requirements and customer satisfaction goals. You will work closely with the Executive Chef/Chef to support operational excellence while maintaining a patient-first approach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports the Executive Chef in managing cost controls, purchasing, and inventory to meet budget expectations while maintaining quality standards.
• Assists in planning and creating menus that align with clinical nutrition needs, cultural preferences, and healthcare regulatory standards.
• Prepares, cooks, and oversees production of meals for patients, residents, and retail/café service, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and safe food handling.
• Produces and executes catering events for departmental meetings, leadership functions, and special events within the facility.
• Helps implement new culinary programs, wellness initiatives, and health-focused menu offerings in partnership with company culinary and marketing teams.
• Provides guidance and support to hourly associates, fostering a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures HACCP, ServSafe, and healthcare sanitation practices are followed at all times.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A.S. degree in Culinary Arts or equivalent professional experience
• Progressive culinary or kitchen leadership experience; healthcare or institutional cooking experience strongly preferred
• Experience with high-volume or complex foodservice operations
• Catering or special event production experience is a plus
• Strong understanding of therapeutic diets, batch cooking, and food safety in a healthcare setting
• Knowledge of current foodservice trends with an emphasis on nutrition, quality, presentation, cost control, and patient satisfaction
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, email, and internet-based systems
• Willingness to participate in patient and client satisfaction initiatives
• ServSafe certification highly desirable

Associates at Morrison Healthcare are offered many fantastic benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan, flexible time off, paid parental leave, holiday time off, personal leave, associate shopping program, health and wellness programs, discount marketplace, identity theft protection, pet insurance, commuter benefits, employee assistance program, and flexible spending accounts.

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all applicants and associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history (including relevant driving history), in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Morrison Healthcare maintains a drug-free workplace.

Req ID: 1486715