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SalaryWe are seeking a hybrid Dietary Aide-back up Cook to join a very stable team. Successful candidates are flexible and possess a strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. A candidate with cooking experience is preferred but willing to train the right candidate.
Responsibilities: Cook/Aide
Prepare and cook a variety of dishes, including appetizers, entrees, and desserts
- Ensure that all food is of high quality and meets our standards
- Follow recipes and cooking techniques to ensure consistency
- Maintain a clean and organized kitchen
- Ensure that all equipment is in good working order and report any issues to management
- Assist with inventory management and ordering of supplies
- Collaborate with other kitchen staff to ensure that all orders are prepared and served in a timely manner
- Adhere to all food safety and sanitation guidelines
- Ensures patients menu selections are in compliance with prescribed diet order, nutritional adequacy, age, cultural background, and religious practice.
- Updates, monitors, and follows-up on all pertinent information such as new patient admissions, discharges, transfers, diet order changes, food allergies, food preferences and food requests.
- Communicates pertinent information to dietary director/dietitian.
- Writes and modifies menus as needed according to patient diet prescription using established resources/guidelines.
- Clarifies unclear or missing diet orders with nursing staff.
- Offers patients appropriate alternate food and beverage choices.
- Resolves patient requests/complaints or relays to appropriate staff (e.g. dietary director, dietitian, nursing staff).
- Assists members, staff and visitors who enter Food and Nutrition Services office.
- Assists with room service delivery as needed, including assembling patient trays, loading carts, and delivering meals to patients.
- Checks accuracy of meal tray against printed tray ticket menu.
- Substitutes appropriate foods on tray line as necessary.
- Serves as a dietary resource for nursing and other staff.
- Resolves problems with patient trays.
- Provides general information on diet utilizing approved materials and resources.
Education and Experience: Cook/Aide
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Culinary degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Previous experience in a restaurant or food service environment
- Food service experience preferred, preferably in healthcare
Working Conditions: The Cook will work in a fast-paced kitchen environment, standing for extended periods of time and working with hot equipment and sharp knives. The position may require working evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Salary: The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $21.75 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Dependent health insurance coverage
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid holidays
- Paid orientation
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Shift:
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
Work setting:
- Long term care
- Nursing home
Work Location: In person
