The Weekend Cook is responsible for planning, directing, monitoring, coordinating, controlling food preparation for the respective Home site. This individual must be able to effectively communicate both in written and oral form. The Cook assists the House Manager of the Home in the evaluation of operational performance, quality of service, delivery, and competitiveness with other area homes. This individual must be highly organized and possess outstanding interpersonal skills with a high level of energy and enthusiasm. The Cook must be a firm decision-maker, taking into consideration the impact of his/her decision on the overall facility. This is a new small Assisted Living Home and this is a hands-on position.
Essential Functions:
Must be reliable and dependable, reports to the House Manager.
The Cook is responsible for carrying out the primary duties of food preparation. These essential functions include, but are not limited to:
Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with employees, residents, residents' families, visitors, and co-workers in a professional, confidential manner.
Initiate and participate in quality assurance and quality improvement activities based on the four components of quality assurance: Quality, Service, Friendliness, and Cleanliness.
Demonstrate the ability to embrace and project the values of the facility: safety, trust, respect, teamwork, partnership and service, compassion, integrity, efficiency, and financial responsibility.
Provide informative written and oral correspondence to the Manager of the Home and act in an advisory capacity on all food service issues.
Make informative, decisive decisions and inform the staff of all major changes and/or changes to the menu.
Communicate accurate and pertinent information to facilitate efficient and optimal resident nutrition.
Manage the dietary and food service performance of the facility.
Assure that standards and objectives for safe food handling are met.
Apply problem-solving and conflict resolution skills where needed.
DUTIES
The Cook is expected to perform position-related duties that include, but are not limited to:
Dietary
Prepare nutritious, well-prepared and presented meals on a timely and consistent basis in accordance with the written menu, approved recipes, special diet requirements, and the number of persons served.
Ensure food, food preparation, equipment, and storage areas are maintained by sanitation requirements.
Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking for completeness and accurateness of the food served.
Monitor portion control guidelines for individual residents.
Stock and store food items as specified by the state licensure bureau.
Retrieve dishes and utensils following meals and ensure all dishes and utensils are washed and properly sanitized.
Regulatory and Legal
Ensure compliance with policies related to safe food handling and infection control.
Bring to the attention of the Home Manager any deficiencies that may arise and correct them as necessary.
Ensure compliance concerning risk management; death, fire safety; disaster preparedness; residents' rights; and grievance procedures.
Assist during a state survey or other in-house inspection of records as necessary.
Only local candidates please.
Please submit resume when answering the advertisement
