Cook - Full Time Day Shift

Reports to: Dietary Director

Full Wage Range: $18 - $23 USD per hour depending on experience and education.

Schedule: 530am - 200pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Essential Duties:


* Maintain kitchen and cooking area in a safe, orderly, clean and sanitary manner.


* Ability to prepare tasteful meals and to cook a variety of foods in large quantities.


* Ability to follow prepared menus and portion control guides.


* Ability to prepare special diets accurately.


* Record food temperatures for the meals.


* Prepare pureed foods.


* Ability to work in cooperation and harmony with personnel in all departments.


* Maintain quaternary solution in sanitizer buckets.


* Assist with serving the different meals.


* Clean cooking area and serving carts.


* Report resident care concerns and potential issues to Administrator and/or Director of Nurses.


* Participate in the orientation and on going training of dietary staff.


* Ability to make the presentation of the food appealing to the residents.


* Ability to cooperate.


* Willing to supervise and to work under supervision.


* To make sure all cleaning schedules are followed.

Supervisory Requirements:


* This job has supervisory responsibilities in the absence of the Dietary Supervisor.

Qualification Education and/or Experience:


* High school diploma or equivalent.


* Should have experience as a cook in a hospital or long term care facility for not less than one year.

Language Skills:


* Ability to read technical procedures.


* Ability to read and follow recipes.


* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills:


* Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:


* Ability to solve practical problems.


* Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:


* Must obtain and maintain ServSafe Certificate.


* Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred.


* Must remain in good standing with the Department of Public Health.

Physical Demands :

The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities:


* Standing and /or walking very frequently.


* Sitting occasionally.


* Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently.


* Talking and /or hearing very frequently.


* Tasting and /or smelling very frequently.


* Lifting up to 50 pounds frequently.


* Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling occasionally.


* Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception in vision: ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

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