Cook Dishes, Dietary Management, Documentation, Food Production, Loss Prevention, Manual Dexterity, Nutrition Therapy, Staff Training, Time Management
Job Classification: Non-Exempt, Part-Time or Full-Time
Reporting Relationship: Dietary Manager
Primary Accountabilities:
Responsible for food preparation that meets or exceeds hospitality and service standards of this community. Prepares all foods to meet quantity and deadline requirements. Able to effectively manage all food production in the absence of the Dietary Manager.
Major Duties:
- Prepares food items using standardized recipes.
- Determines food and supplies needed and coordinate meal production with serving hours.
- Prepares all special dietary needs as directed by the Resident Menus.
- Monitors all food items to see that at least the minimum guidelines for temperature, taste, and quality are upheld at all times.
- Maintains or exceeds standards of appearance, cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards.
- Assists with orientation and training of new kitchen employees.
- Practices all safety and loss prevention procedures.
- Attends all in-services as required.
- Responsible for following all local, state, and federal policies regarding food handling.
- Assists with proper documentation of temperature logs, taste panel forms, and cleaning schedules.
- Performs additional duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of one year experience as cook preparing full line of menu items.
- Able to read, write, and follow written and verbal instructions.
- Able to prepare therapeutic/modified diets.
- Minimum of one year experience as cook preparing full line of menu items.
- Able to read, write, and follow written and verbal instructions.
- Able to prepare therapeutic/modified diets.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
- Work normally requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to kitchen equipment.
- Ability stoop, kneel or crouch.
- Ability to taste and smell.
- Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
Work Environment:
- Works primarily indoors in a climate-controlled setting.
- Possible exposure to unpleasant odors.
- Possible exposure to chemicals as identified in the MSDS Manual.
- Frequent exposure to water, refrigerator/freezer, heat, and flames.
- Continuous exposure to residents who are ill, confused, irritable and irrational.
Additional Duties:
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related
instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.