Dietary Cook Part Time

Cavalier Healthcare•England, AR

13h

About The Position

The Dietary Cook assists in preparing, serving, and delivering meals that meet residents’ nutritional needs and physician-ordered diets. The role supports safe food preparation and service, sanitation and infection prevention, and a pleasant, resident-centered dining experience. The position is in Dietary Services and reports to the Dietary Manager, Registered Dietitian (Consultant), and Administrator. The employee prepares and serves regular, therapeutic, and modified diets, snacks, and food for resident events and facility functions. They maintain dietary equipment and kitchen appliances; follow food-handling, sanitation, safety, and housekeeping procedures; inspect and store deliveries; help with inventory; and maintain appropriate food temperatures, storage, and labeling. The role also includes cleaning preparation and dining areas, reporting suspected abuse or mistreatment, providing respectful service, attending required meetings and training, and following facility policies and regulations. The position requires physical activities including lifting, carrying, reaching, pushing and pulling, sitting, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and climbing. The employee must communicate with residents, families, visitors, and staff; read and write legibly; give and follow instructions; and use sight, hearing, smell, and taste to perform the work. The role requires tolerating a fast-paced nursing-facility environment and prolonged standing and walking as well as prolonged sitting. Licensure is not required. The posting describes occupational exposure as CDC Category III when regular duties are performed.

Requirements

Licensure is not required.
Must tolerate the high pace typical of a nursing facility.
Must be able to give and follow instructions well and enjoy working with elderly people.
Must tolerate prolonged standing and walking as well as prolonged sitting.
Must be able to hold and handle, lift, carry, reach at and below shoulder height, push and pull, grasp and handle small items, sit, stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, and climb.
Must have fine hand motor coordination and be able to read and write legibly.
Must be able to communicate with residents, families, visitors, and staff and hear instructions and resident requests or complaints.
Must have sufficient sight to perform the job effectively and correctly, smell to detect facility odors, and taste to check food being prepared and served.

Responsibilities

Prepare, portion, and serve meals and snacks according to physician-ordered diets, resident preferences, facility menus, and dietary procedures.
Prepare and serve therapeutic, modified, and regular diets while following accepted food-preparation and meal-service standards.
Use, operate, clean, and care for dietary equipment and kitchen appliances.
Follow dietary safety, sanitation, infection-prevention, food-handling, and housekeeping procedures and applicable regulations.
Receive, inspect, and verify food, supplies, and equipment deliveries for quality and accuracy, and ensure proper storage.
Assist with monthly inventory of food, dietary supplies, and equipment as requested.
Prepare and serve food for resident events, special meetings, parties, and facility functions.
Maintain appropriate food temperatures, storage practices, and labeling procedures.
Clean and sanitize food-preparation areas, dining rooms, equipment, utensils, and workstations.
Immediately report concerns involving potential resident abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment in accordance with facility policies and regulations.
Promote a safe, clean, comfortable, and welcoming dining environment that respects residents’ dignity.
Provide courteous, respectful, and compassionate service to residents, families, visitors, and team members.
Prioritize residents’ needs, preferences, and quality of life as a member of the facility team.
Attend required facility and departmental meetings, in-services, and continuing education programs.
Comply with facility policies concerning resident rights, HIPAA, infection prevention, fire safety, emergency preparedness, bloodborne pathogens, Hazard Communication, and workplace safety.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Dietary Manager, Registered Dietitian Consultant, Administrator, or designee.