Cook

Good Samaritan; Central City (NE); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing quality care to seniors. As a Cook at Good Samaritan, you will be responsible for preparing nutritious meals, creating menus, and managing kitchen operations. This is a full-time role with various shifts available, offering an engaging work environment and a commitment to quality service.

Benefits

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Work/life balance benefits

Voluntary benefits

Qualifications

• Prior work experience in quantity cooking and therapeutic diets preferred.
• Basic communication skills and comprehension needed.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of food safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates production, prepares and serves nutritious meals.
• Maintains quality improvement of meals and kitchen management.
• Follows infection control procedures and cleaning protocols.

Skills

Quantity cooking

Foodborne disease prevention

Food safety principles

Education

Certification as a food protection manager

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Join our not-for-profit organization that has provided over 100 years of housing and services to seniors with a commitment to quality care and service in a Christian environment.

Location: Litzenberg Memorial Merrick C

Address: 1715 26th Street, Central City, NE 68826 USA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Shift: Various Shifts Available

Job Responsibilities

Coordinates production, prepares and serves nutritious, appealing meals to residents following orders, standards, and regulations. Assists with development of pleasing and unique recipes and menu creation. Maintains continuous quality improvement of meals prepared and served daily. Responsible for kitchen/dining management as assigned, including delegation of kitchen cleanliness and education/training of cleaning policies. Observes, measures, and documents information as assigned. Receives and shares information; observes and reports resident conditions to appropriate staff. Provides residents with opportunities for independence and choice consistent with their service plans. Keeps residents' dining areas pleasant and orderly. Checks equipment before use and notifies supervisors or maintenance staff of problems. Operates dishwashing and kitchen equipment safely. Notifies appropriate staff of problems, uses safe lifting techniques, immediately cleans up spills, and demonstrates proper use of chemicals used for cleaning and sanitizing and appropriate use of kitchen tools and procedures. Work at special events (i.e., open houses, group meetings, special meals, brunches etc.) as needed; sets up and cleans dining room, multi-purpose rooms or other rooms as needed; helps prepare and serve food for special events. Follows location infection control procedures and OSHA and CDC guidelines that apply to blood borne pathogens while serving food, assisting residents and cleaning. Washes hands per facility guidelines, performs cleaning duties in kitchen and dining area; may include dishwashing. Cleans and sanitizes equipment as assigned.

Qualifications

Prior work experience in quantity cooking and therapeutic diets or related experience in a similar type of setting is preferred.

Ability to measure and comprehend certain quantities. Certification as a food protection manager by ServSafe or other equivalent ANSI approved program is preferred before assuming duties of person in charge.

Basic ability to communicate and comprehend. Able to demonstrate knowledge of foodborne diease prevention and apply food safety principles.

Good Samaritan offers an attractive, employee-approved benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. The variety of benefits include health benefits, a retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, voluntary benefits and much more!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or other protected status. For more information including state-specific protections, please visit https//www.good-sam.com/lp/careers/eeo-and-affirmative-action

Division: FIELD

Req ID: req54980

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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