Debra Davis
Port Saint Lucie
Summary
Results-driven Healthcare Administrator with over 15+ years of experience in healthcare, food service management, specializing in compliance with AHCA regulations and staff training. Proven track record in leading operations, enhancing resident care, and implementing cost-effective strategies. Skilled in team leadership, financial management, and fostering strong vendor relationships. Committed to delivering high-quality service and ensuring resident satisfaction in skilled nursing and assisted living environments.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Culinary Director/ Alf Administrator Training
Healthcare Services Group
Florida
04.2019 - Current
- My responsibilities include but not limited
- I obtain FALA Core Certification 3/2023
- Oversee budget
- Ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines
- Supervise departments like Nursing activities dietary and maintenance
- Prepare annual budgets
- Manage facilities expenses
- Over see billing and rent collection with business office
- Optimize cost-effective operations
- Leading the day to day operation
- Assured scheduling coverage for all shifts
- Conduct periodic evaluation of resident care and health needs
- Ensure staff compliance with all emergency plans and procedures
- Supervised and implement policies and procedures to stay in compliance with all AHCA regulations
- Developed a preventive elopement drill plan
- Address grievances in a timely manner with satisfactory resolutions
- Work closely with vendors, placing orders to insure adequate and acceptable products
- Direct training improvements to reduce knowledge gaps and eliminate workforce performance and inefficiencies
- Communicate effectively with staff to build confidence in work performance
- Monitored daily delivery of quality service
- Recruit, hire and evaluate staff
- Managed and monitored all financial expenditures as well as identified/implemented cost-effective approaches In dietary department
- Enforce department clean as you go practices, work as a team, we all finished together cant leave anyone behind
- Insure resident’s needs are being met by monitoring staff professionalism
- Conduct daily stand up and stand down meeting
- Complete monthly spend down spread sheets maintain open professional relationships with other members of facility
- Adhere to state and local guidelines
Dietary Director
MorseLife Health System
West Palm Beach, FL
10.2014 - 04.2019
- Responsibilities include writing biweekly schedule ensuring adequate staffing for culinary department, conduct ongoing training to staff, conduct annual staff evaluations according to procedure, monitor and enforce disciplinary policy and procedures, develop test tray audit, open and closing checklist, continually develop and nurture client relationship through excellent communication, integrity and performance. regularly meet with residents to ensure expectations/goals and action plans are compliant to state regulations. Responsible for developing dining room procedure , culinary host audits and team building events. Directly coaching staff on time management and customer service. Weekly inventory on food and supplies, support and monitor labor hours. Participate in weekly care plan meetings , also conduct initial and follow up assessments
Dietary Supervisor/Assistant Culinary Manager
Jupiter Medical Center
Jupiter, FL
01.2009 - 07.2014
- Duties were to ensure adequate and accurate trayline
- Service of meals. Supervise a staff of 35-50 people daily, write bi-weekly
- Schedule, fill in for production manager a minimum of twice weekly ( take
- Inventory and place Dept. food orders, produce order, supply and chemical orders)
- Cover cashier, patient trayline cook, cafeteria cook, salad/sandwich cook, utility
- Whenever needed. Documented daily safe and register reports. Filled in as Diet Clerk
- Visiting patient recording meal selections adhering to diet modifications. interview and train new hires, orientate on departmental policy and procedures.
Kitchen Supervisor/Cook
Martin Memorial Health Systems
Stuart, FL
04.2006 - 11.2008
- Duties include preparing meals for patient line according to diet and recipe.
- Inventory of and place production orders ensuring FIFO was used. train new hire standards. write weekly schedule conduct weekly in-services.
Dietary Supervisor
Jamaica Hospital Pavillion
Jamaica, NY
06.1997 - 07.2004
- I assisted with the staff in seriescomply with monthly staff trainings Serving meals to residents , prepare weekly menu, placed produce, food and dry supply orders, maintain clean work environment
- References are available on request.
Education
ASSISTANT LIVING ADMINISTRATOR (CERTIFIED) - undefined
FALA CORE TRAINING
Florida05.2023
Healthcare Management (Master's degree) - undefined
UND
Bismarck, ND06.2022
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (Associate's degree) - undefined
Queens College
Queens, NY05.2008
Dietary management (Certificate) - undefined
University of North Dakota
BismarkSkills
- Alzheimer's care
- Memory care
- Acute care
- Sales
- Nursing home experience
- Computer skills
- Long-term care regulations
- Hospice
- Budget management in healthcare
- Leadership
- Long-term care facility experience
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Healthcare staff management
- Fine dining experience
- Business management
- Route driving
- Linux
- Vendor relationship building
- School experience
- Dementia care
- Healthcare compliance
- Computer operation
- Teamwork
- Interviewing
- Food service
- Administrative experience
- Hospital experience
- Food service management
- Assisted living
- Employee evaluation
- Regulatory compliance
- Business development
- OSHA (regulatory compliance area)
- Team management
- Dietary Aide Experience
- Analysis skills
- State healthcare regulations
- Geriatrics
- Senior leadership
- Phone etiquette
- Communication skills
- Employment & labor law
- Performance management
- Kitchen stations
- Financial acumen
- Medicare
- Delegation
- Computer literacy
- Productivity software
- Financial reporting
- First aid
- Supervising experience
- Customer service
- Culinary Experience
- Skilled nursing facility
- Food safety management
- Scripting
- SQL
- Tutoring
- Healthcare financial management
- Skilled nursing facility experience
- Care plans
- Working with geriatric patients
- Solaris
- Microsoft Excel
- Hospice care
- Cooking
- Teaching
- Working with people with developmental disabilities
- English
- Managing healthcare operations budgets
- Resident's rights
- Shell Scripting
- Resort
- Microsoft Word
- Operations management
- Nursing
- JCAHO
- Team development
- Office management
- Maintaining patient confidentiality
- Management
- Project management
- Word processing
Certification
- FALA CORE CERTIFIED
- I completed the 26 hour core training
- My licensing exam will be August 31,2024
- Morelife leadership academy
- Florida food handlers certificate
- Certified Dietary Manager
- May 2022 to Present
- CPR Certification
- Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrator
- RN License
- Registered Dietitian
- Serv safe certificate
- November 2020 to November 2025
- Basic First Aid certificate
- Certified Director of Assisted Living (CDAL)
- ServSafe Food Manager Certification
- Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Administrator
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
- Memory Care Certification
- CDL B
- Food Handler Certification
- First Aid Certification
Timeline
Culinary Director/ Alf Administrator Training
Healthcare Services Group
04.2019 - Current
Dietary Director
MorseLife Health System
10.2014 - 04.2019
Dietary Supervisor/Assistant Culinary Manager
Jupiter Medical Center
01.2009 - 07.2014
Kitchen Supervisor/Cook
Martin Memorial Health Systems
04.2006 - 11.2008
Dietary Supervisor
Jamaica Hospital Pavillion
06.1997 - 07.2004
ASSISTANT LIVING ADMINISTRATOR (CERTIFIED) - undefined
FALA CORE TRAINING
Healthcare Management (Master's degree) - undefined
UND
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (Associate's degree) - undefined
Queens College
Dietary management (Certificate) - undefined
University of North Dakota
Additional Information
- Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- COVID 19 VACCINATED AND BOOSTED
- CARD PROVIDED UPON REQUEST