Cook - Skilled Nursing

Hartford HealthcareNewington, CT
Onsite

About The Position

Hartford HealthCare is a comprehensive healthcare network with over 40,000 colleagues, offering opportunities for career development and growth. The organization focuses on bringing new technologies, breakthrough treatments, and community education. It provides a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. The Food and Nutrition Department at Jefferson House specifically provides a warm, caring environment for seniors in long-term care and rehabilitation services, continually expanding its knowledge, programs, and services to best serve residents and patients.

Requirements

  • 1 year of cooking or 3 years of directly related food service experience equivalent
  • Must be able to read, write, understand, and speak English
  • Basic math required for recipe quantity calculations.
  • Ability to adjust recipe quantities based on census or volume.
  • Writing skills required for completing production records and documenting on logs and other reports.

Responsibilities

  • Prepares food according to selected menus, approved recipes and production sheets with knowledge of quantity cooking.
  • Completes the preparation of all food items in a timely manner and assure that all foods meet required serving temperatures.
  • Utilizes creativity in garnishing, decorating and developing new recipes.
  • Complies with stringent health, sanitation, safety , HACCP and food handling standards.
  • Adheres to quality and cost containment standards.

Benefits

  • competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance

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What This Job Offers

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

No Education Listed

Number of Employees

1,001-5,000 employees

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