Cook Full-Time

About the role

Garden City Health Care Center is seeking a Full-Time Cook to join their dietary team. The Cook prepares tasteful, nutritious meals according to prepared menus, portion control guidelines, special diet orders, and facility standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen and cooking area in a safe, orderly, clean, and sanitary manner.
• Prepare tasteful meals and cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
• Follow prepared menus and portion control guides.
• Prepare special diets accurately.
• Record food temperatures for the meals.
• Prepare pureed foods.
• Work cooperatively 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 ongoing training of dietary staff.
• Make the presentation of the food appealing to the residents.
• Cooperate and work under supervision.
• Ensure all cleaning schedules are followed.
• Serve as a supervisor in the absence of the Dietary Supervisor.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience as a cook in a hospital or long-term care facility.
• Ability to read and follow recipes.
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Ability to solve practical problems.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, and visual information.
• Must obtain and maintain a ServSafe Certificate.
• Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred.
• Must remain in good standing with the Department of Public Health.

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.

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.