Healthcare Executive Chef

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Executive Chef to lead culinary operations at a large acute care hospital in Washington DC. This leadership position oversees patient dining retail food service and catering while driving food quality operational excellence food safety and team development across a high-volume healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in healthcare or other large institutional foodservice operations and enjoys leading teams improving processes and delivering exceptional dining experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct daily culinary operations for patient dining retail and catering services.
• Lead menu planning production purchasing inventory management and food quality initiatives.
• Standardize culinary systems recipes production processes puree standards and presentation guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP food safety sanitation quality assurance SoSafe EcoSure and applicable regulatory standards.
• Manage kitchen staffing scheduling training performance and annual food and safety education.
• Supervise and develop a leadership team including multiple salaried managers.
• Drive operational improvements sustainability initiatives and cost management.
• Monitor audits implement new menu rollouts and maintain consistent culinary standards.
• Build strong partnerships with hospital leadership and clients to support outstanding service and patient satisfaction.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years of foodservice management experience.
• Minimum 3 years of culinary leadership experience.
• Experience leading culinary operations in a high-volume healthcare hospital senior living or university dining environment.
• Experience supervising 5 or more salaried managers.
• Strong knowledge of food safety HACCP sanitation inventory management purchasing and production planning.
• Excellent leadership communication organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with standard computer applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Acute care hospital foodservice leadership experience.
• Experience working in a unionized environment.
• Knowledge of patient meal services clinical food safety standards puree standardization and healthcare compliance programs.
• Experience managing financial performance labor and operational budgets.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• $10000 sign-on bonus
• Relocation assistance
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to lead culinary operations at a nationally recognized healthcare facility

If you have a passion for culinary leadership operational excellence and delivering high-quality foodservice in a healthcare setting we encourage you to apply.