Food and Nutrition Cook

Rocky Mount Rehabilitation Center•Rocky Mount, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Dietary Cook (aka, Food and Nutrition Cook), you will be responsible for preparing palatable, nourishing, and well-balanced meals that meet daily nutritional and special dietary needs for patients and residents in a long-term care and short-term / skilled care nursing center. We offer early morning and mid-day work schedules, for no late nights and a great work/life balance! We also offer progression opportunities into roles such as Food and Nutrition Manager, Certified Dietary Manager, Nutritionist, or Dietetic Tech, and we even offer Tuition Reimbursement to help you achieve your career goals in other career fields as well. We even offer career paths in-house to become a Certified Nursing Assistant! Benefits for our Full Time Team Members: Onshift Wallet (get paid before payday) Medical, Dental, Vision & More Paid Time Off 401K Life Insurance Employee Perks Qualifications: Experience cooking and preparing meals in a healthcare or institutional setting, or mass production, full-service restaurant setting, preferred. Our Service Standards: Sincere Appreciation...for everyone Hearing Needs...and responding quickly Caring Approach...in everything we do Managing Situations...for positive outcomes Qualifications ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.• One-year experience as a cook in an institutional food service setting preferred. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESMay be designated as Lead for Food and Nutrition Aides in absence of Manager.PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENTWorking in institutional kitchen environment, employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, see, talk and hear. May occasionally lift or move items of up to 50 pounds. Employee is occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. In compliance with applicable law, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. OTHER REQUIREMENTSAgrees to safeguard the privacy of residents' protected health information from improper use and disclosure according to state and federal law.

Requirements

Agrees to safeguard the privacy of residents' protected health information from improper use and disclosure according to state and federal law.
Working in institutional kitchen environment, employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, see, talk and hear.
May occasionally lift or move items of up to 50 pounds.
Employee is occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.

Nice To Haves

Experience cooking and preparing meals in a healthcare or institutional setting, or mass production, full-service restaurant setting, preferred.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
One-year experience as a cook in an institutional food service setting preferred.

Responsibilities

preparing palatable, nourishing, and well-balanced meals that meet daily nutritional and special dietary needs for patients and residents in a long-term care and short-term / skilled care nursing center