Cook (Dining Services III) - Veterans Community Living Center Fitzsimons - Aurora, CO.

About the role

This position is open to current Colorado residents only. This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality care to residents by meeting or exceeding the standards as prescribed by the Veterans Administration and the Colorado Department of Public Health.
• Full dining services for 180 nursing home residents, catering, and staff meals.
• Maintain three balanced, nutritious meals daily, meeting all dietary needs of all residents as per physician orders, ensuring meals are served timely at the correct temperature, and accurately maintaining diet cards, within state and federal regulations.
• Maintain a sanitary and safe work unit.
• Perform a variety of heavy manual labor food service duties, including, but not limited to cleaning and sanitizing the kitchen, the kitchen equipment, utensils, dishes, pots, and pans.
• Heavy lifting, manual labor, long periods of standing and walking, which includes delivering the food to the satellite kitchens.
• Stock and maintain par levels in the storeroom, coolers, and freezers.
• Stock and maintain par levels in the storeroom, coolers, and freezers.
• Help to stock and maintain par levels in the storeroom, coolers, and freezers.
• Stock and maintain par levels in the storeroom, coolers, and freezers.
• Deliver food as required to the proper units.
• Monitor the aides when they clean and sanitize the satellite kitchens and unit areas.
• Assist the food service supervisor in inventorying supplies and foods (perishables and non-perishables), freezer, and storeroom.
• Monitor temperatures of the main kitchen, satellites, and other appropriate areas where food is served, and maintain daily records.
• Check all storage areas for labels and dates, check all leftover food in refrigerators for expiration dates, and discard all outdated food and snacks as required by policies and procedures.
• Attend scheduled in-services, trainings, and meetings, train new employees on the functions of the job, and provide feedback to the food service Manager on the proficiency of the new employee.
• Other duties as assigned.

  Qualifications

  • Two (2) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position.
  • Experience in food service.
  • Certification of ServSafe Class.
  • Experience working in a hospital or living center.
  • Knowledge of health operational requirements, hazards, and precautionary measures taken within a food service unit.
  • Knowledge of institutional food service procedures and practices.
  • Knowledge of weights, measures (e.g., food scales, measuring cups, and spoons), and food measurement techniques.
  • Knowledge of techniques used in mixing food (e.g., gelatin, pancake batter, salad dressing, scrambled eggs, etc.).
  • Knowledge of meat and vegetable preparation methods (clean, cut, cube, grind, peel, dice, grate, slice, chop, and tenderize).
  • Knowledge of cooking methods (e.g., frying, deep-fat frying, boiling, or baking).
  • Knowledge of the use of kitchen utensils in serving or portioning meals.
  • Knowledge of food safety related to handling and storing cooked foods, serving and storing temperatures, or reading food thermometers.
  • Ability to read English at the level necessary for interpreting, understanding, and scaling written recipes, menus, nourishment labels, diet slips, portioning sheets, and policies and procedures.
  • Ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to use and operate a gas, rotary, or convection oven safely and effectively.
  • Interpersonal skills and teamwork skills.

    Benefits

    Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits, including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans. Medical and dental health plans. Employer-supplemented Health Savings Account. Paid life insurance. Short- and long-term disability coverage. 11 paid holidays per year, plus vacation and sick leave. State of Colorado Employee BenefitHub Resource Center. Employee Wellness program. Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training, and more. Remote work arrangements for eligible positions.