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Form of workR12/17
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Prepare meals for residents. Direct employees in the absence of the Food Service Supervisor.
CORE VALUES
Every job at Pilgrim Place is critical to the overall success of the organization. All employees are expected to demonstrate behaviors in line with the following five core values that all relationships involving staff at Pilgrim Place are based:
Future Oriented – We think about and work toward making Pilgrim Place a community where seniors want to live and employees committed to excellence want to work.
Innovative – We look for new and creative ways to change and improve how we perform our job day-to-day and work productively with others.
Respect – We appreciate each other’s talents and contributions, and treat one another with courtesy, dignity and trust.
Service Driven – We listen to and anticipate the needs of residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors, and “go the extra mile” to provide the highest levels of satisfaction to all we serve.
Teamwork – We communicate and work together to identify and solve problems, carry out day- to-day responsibilities, and accomplish common goals.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain high standards of sanitation by following HACCP principles in day-to-day operations.
- Ensure proper food temperature standards are followed, to include maintaining required temperature logs.
- Monitor refrigerators, freezers, food temperatures, pot and pan sink sanitizer daily.
- Prepare meals for residents, including therapeutic diets, mechanically altered, select menus, special functions, substitutions to ensure residents’ needs are met.
- Communicate with Food Service aides about the count, special needs, substitutions, etc.
- Check in food deliveries, rotate stock, put away stock and inform leads/supervisor of inventory needs.
- Ensure all required product and produce are available for at least two days in advance of each meal. Notify Chef or ordering manager if any product is needed.
- Maintain recipes and update procedures and ingredients as needed.
- Assist with menu development.
- Monitor meal acceptance in the dining rooms.
- Attend meetings and serve on various employee committees as assigned.
- Practice good safety and sanitation habits (which includes following dress code, wearing proper hair coverings, proper use of gloves, back supports and other equipment), and participate as a Safety Team member.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor, leads, cooks, or other Pilgrim Place supervisors.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be interpreted as all-inclusive. Supervisors as deemed appropriate may assign additional functions and requirements.
Qualifications- Minimum two years’ experience in quantity cooking and preparation of special diets, preferably in healthcare.
- Ability to read and write instructions, and do arithmetic needed in dealing with quantity recipes.
- Ability and/or experience in directing employees.
- Ability to read and follow verbal and written instructions.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in a variety of circumstances and to make sound judgments.
- Ability to report to work on time and complete the assigned work shift.
