Dining Services Cook AM
About The Position
Responsible for assisting with preparing breakfast and lunch meals and serving breakfast meal. This role involves assisting the AM Cook with food preparation, cooking, and ensuring adherence to facility procedures for food handling, recipe standardization, portion control, and temperature control. The cook will also be responsible for setting tables, plating meals according to dietary requirements, and delivering/serving the noon meal to residents in Assisted Living. Recordkeeping, communication, and maintaining sanitation and safety standards are also key aspects of this position. Additionally, the cook will be involved in cleaning the kitchen and equipment, and completing assigned deep cleaning tasks. The role requires adherence to facility policies and procedures, as well as demonstrating a positive attitude, honesty, reliability, and respect for resident rights.
Requirements
- Six months of related experience is preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Enthusiasm, courtesy, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work well with others to achieve desired outcomes.
- Ability to attend work regularly and on time.
- Familiar and abides with the policies and procedures of the Food Service Department.
- Practices safe handling of food items regarding infection control.
- Uses equipment safely and following facility procedures.
Nice To Haves
- ServSafe certification
Responsibilities
- Assists AM Cook with preparing breakfast and lunch meals, including prep work, cooking, etc.
- Uses facility procedures for basic food preparations, recipe standardization, portion control, temperature control, handling leftovers, menu substituting, receiving and storage.
- Prepares toast, cereal, etc for breakfast and sets on table.
- Prepares salads and desserts for lunch and sets on table.
- Assists with plating up breakfast meal meeting the dietary requirements for each resident.
- Understands basic nutrition, modified diets and menus used in this facility.
- Meets all residents’ special requests, changes to their meal, etc.
- Delivers and serves noon meal to residents in Assisted Living.
- Is familiar and abides with the policies and procedures of the Food Service Department.
- Assist with written records as assigned, including refrigerator and freezer temps, meal temps, production logs, etc.
- Uses acceptable personal habits in areas of sanitation and safety.
- Practices safe handling of food items regarding infection control.
- Uses equipment safely and following facility procedures.
- Cleans kitchen after breakfast and lunch meals, including prep areas, steam table, etc.
- Sweep kitchen floor after breakfast and lunch meals daily.
- Washes pots, pans and other kitchen utensils and equipment used for cooking after breakfast and lunch meals.
- Is responsible for deep cleaning kitchen as scheduled and within federal and state regulations.
- Completes ServSafe certification provided by the facility.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude to residents, visitors, and staff to add value to others lives.
- Demonstrates honesty, reliability, and soundness of moral character.
- Maintains confidentiality of resident and employee information.
- Adheres to Manor personal appearance guidelines as well as any department dress code.
- Attends and participates in in-services and department meetings.
- Respects and upholds resident’s rights.
- Complies with safety policies and reports safety hazards and corrects them immediately.
- Respects supervisors and coworkers.
- Assists in developing creative and innovative ideas to increase efficiency, effectiveness and increased customer satisfaction.
- Adherence to the Guiding Principle and Standards of Care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
