Cook

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.
• Absorb and 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.

Qualification

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience as a cook in a hospital or long term care facility for not less than one year.
• Ability to read technical procedures and recipes in English.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning ability to solve practical problems.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must obtain and maintain Food Handler's card.

Supervisory Requirements

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

Qualification

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or equivalent. One year of experience as a cook in a hospital or long term care facility.

Physical Demands

• Standing and /or walking very frequently.
• Sitting occasionally.
• Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently.
• Talking and /or hearing 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

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Summary of Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage through 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Generous paid time off including 4 hours per month accrual for 48 FT or 40 PT annually, recurring sick days prorated based on hire date, and 7 paid Holidays each year.

Additional Information

Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.