Cook - PT - All Shiifts

CHSGa•Metter, GA

13d

About The Position

The Cook prepares and serves meals in a health and rehabilitation setting, following dietitian-created menus, standardized recipes, and residents’ diet orders. The role prepares food in large quantities suitable for elderly diners, maintains appropriate portions, and ensures meals and substitutes are available and served on time. The Cook also supports tray-line service, processes diet changes, and follows procedures for specialized, therapeutic, and NPO diets. The position operates and cleans kitchen equipment, maintains safe food storage and work areas, monitors and records refrigeration, freezer, dishwasher, and water temperatures, and checks sanitizer and chemical levels. It includes checking and storing stock, washing dishes and cookware, and reporting needed repairs. The Cook communicates professionally and warmly with associates, patients, families, and visitors, and may help fill gaps in kitchen staffing or perform other duties necessary to support the organization.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively to groups of customers or associates.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to follow written, oral, or diagram-based instructions and handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Responsibilities

Prepare foods according to dietitian-created menus and standardized recipes.
Prepare large-quantity meals appropriate for elderly diners using institutional cookware.
Operate kitchen equipment, including mixers, meat slicers, food processors, ovens, and steamers.
Work at a steady pace to ensure meals are ready and served on time.
Assist with food-service-line and tray-line setup and service, ensuring diets and portions are served as ordered.
Understand and process diet orders, including specialized, therapeutic, and NPO diets; assist with diet changes and substitutions and record substitutions according to procedures.
Provide appropriate food substitutes for people who refuse the food served.
Clean work surfaces, floors, kitchen equipment, dishes, pots, and pans; store leftovers and opened food properly.
Comply with infection-control policies and keep equipment and work areas clean.
Record freezer and walk-in refrigerator temperatures and check and record water temperatures.
Check dishwasher sanitizer using strips, monitor chemical levels, and replace chemicals as needed.
Check stock and store supplies appropriately, including cleaning materials.
Make coffee or tea as requested and follow procedures for serving associate meals.
Return trays to the kitchen when requested.
Report needed repairs to the maintenance department.
Communicate with associates, patients, family members, and visitors in a warm, approachable, and professional manner; respond helpfully to concerns and questions.
Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts, and perform other duties as necessary.