Cook - PT - Day & Evening Shifts

CHSGa•Newnan, GA

About The Position

The Cook prepares meals for residents according to dietitian-created menus, standardized recipes, and individual diet orders. The role involves preparing food in large quantities, using institutional kitchen equipment, ensuring meals are ready and served on time, and accommodating specialized diets, substitutions, and food preferences. The Cook also supports tray-line service, food storage, kitchen sanitation, dishwashing, stock checks, and required temperature and chemical-level monitoring. The position requires clear, courteous communication with associates, patients, family members, and visitors and may involve filling in for other kitchen staff.

Requirements

Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or associates.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including regularly sitting, talking, or hearing; frequently walking, handling or feeling objects, and reaching; and occasionally standing.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepare foods according to menus created by dietitians and follow standardized recipes.
Prepare meals in large quantities appropriate for elderly residents and ensure food is ready on time.
Operate kitchen equipment such as mixers, meat slicers, food processors, ovens, and steamers.
Follow diet orders, including NPO and therapeutic diets, and assist with diet changes, new diets, substitutions, and menu preferences.
Assist with food-service and tray-line setup and service, using appropriate portion-control and serving utensils.
Provide substitutes for residents who refuse foods served and make coffee or tea as requested.
Clean work surfaces and kitchen equipment, and properly wash dishes, pots, and pans.
Store leftover and opened food, unused food, stock, and cleaning materials appropriately.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures, check water temperatures, test dishwashers with sanitizer strips, and check or replace chemical levels as needed.
Check stock and report needed repairs to the maintenance department.
Follow infection-control policies and procedures for kitchen equipment operation and cleaning.
Communicate professionally and warmly with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, responding helpfully to concerns and questions.
Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts, and perform other duties as needed.