Kitchen - Cook - Full Time

Cascadia Senior Living•Yakima, WA

148d•$20 - $23

About The Position

The Cook helps create a joyful and vibrant community by preparing and serving meals, overseeing food service operations, and ensuring adequate food and supplies are available. The role prepares and serves food to residents, follows the menu cycle, maintains food quality, and honors residents’ food preferences. It also supports a clean, safe kitchen and dining environment, maintains inventory and required records, coordinates kitchen coverage, and communicates relevant observations and concerns to appropriate team members. The Cook follows applicable safety, sanitation, and emergency procedures and supports residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and home-like environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Maintain a current Food Handler’s card.
Education or experience sufficient to meet position requirements or State regulations.
Meet all mandatory health requirements under State regulations.
Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
Ability to maintain a clean, neat, comfortable, and safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
Compassion and a special interest in working with the senior population.
Ability to relate positively and communicate appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and overtime, to meet position requirements.
Pass a criminal background and fingerprint check.
Basic computer knowledge and ability, with aptitude to learn company applications.
Ability to creatively problem-solve.
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Knowledge of specialty diets and textures.

Responsibilities

Prepare food items and serve food to residents within the scheduled timeframe.
Follow the menu cycle and document changes or substitutions on the proper form.
Clean and maintain a neat, safe working environment, including kitchen and food service areas.
Comply with state sanitation codes.
Maintain inventory control, place food orders, verify that items are received appropriately, and restock kitchen shelves.
Direct food service and dining service functions.
Maintain the quality of prepared food and sample food to ensure quality before it is served to residents.
Ensure resident food preferences are known and followed.
Account daily for staff, resident, and guest meals.
Maintain meal service records as required.
Report food service problems, concerns, and issues, and communicate them appropriately.
Observe changes in residents’ status, needs, or preferences and communicate them to appropriate team members.
Record resident information as required.
Avoid loss, breakage, and waste of supplies and equipment.
Coordinate kitchen coverage and work with the Executive Director to develop a schedule that ensures adequate coverage.
Follow fire, life, safety, disaster, security, worker safety, and other emergency procedures.
Adhere to and convey the philosophy of supporting residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment.
Attend and participate in required meetings and trainings, and stay current on assigned system tasks and duties.
Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.

Benefits

Competitive compensation based on relevant years of experience and education or certification requirements.
Shift differential for night shift employees.
Bonus.
Shift coverage bonus offered as needed.
Medical, dental, and vision plans.
Savings and spending accounts for tax-free health care and dependent care expenses; HSA includes an employer contribution.
Sick time accrues at 0.025 hours per hour worked and is available for use after 90 days.
Paid time off accrual eligibility begins at 12 months, accruing at 0.0326 hours per hour worked.
Floating holiday accrues at 0.04 hours per hour worked, up to 56 hours annually, and is eligible upon hire.
Work on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas is paid at 1.5 times the normal hourly rate.
Up to 3 days of bereavement leave.
Employer-paid life insurance.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) after 12 months and 1,000 hours worked, with semi-annual enrollment and an annual discretionary employer contribution.
Employee Assistance Program.
Cascadia Assistance Fund for financial help with hardships or continuing education.