Cook

Atlas Rehab and Healthcare at Maywood; Maywood (NJ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Rehab and Healthcare at Maywood is seeking a Cook to prepare meals in accordance with planned menus and dietary orders, ensuring quality and timely service for residents. The role requires supervising food service activities, coordinating with the center's dietitian, and maintaining menus and records as required by policies.

The position emphasizes adherence to established procedures, food safety standards, and collaboration with inter-department staff to meet residents’ nutrition needs

Qualifications

• Must possess at least an 8th grade education.
• Minimum 1 year food supervisory experience in hospital or center preferred.
• Ability to prepare meals per planned menus and dietary orders.
• Follow established policies and food safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Review menus prior to preparation of food.
• Inspect special diet trays to assure correct diet is served.
• Coordinate food service with other departments as necessary.
• Work with the center's dietitian as necessary and implement changes as required.
• Ensure that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with policies.
• Assist in establishing food service production lines to ensure meals are prepared on time.
• Process diet changes and new diets as received from Nursing Services.

Skills

Food service

Supervisory

Education

8th grade education

Job description

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to prepare food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, with our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the Head Cook and/or Director of Food Services, to assure that quality food service is provided at all times.

Delegation of Authority

As Cook, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Job Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential function of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review menus prior to preparation of food.
• Inspect special diet trays to assure that the correct diet is served to the resident.
• Perform administrative requirements such as completing necessary forms, reports, etc., and submit to the Director of Food Services.
• Coordinate food service with other departments as necessary.
• Work with the Center's dietitian as necessary and implement recommended changes as required.
• Ensure that all food procedures are followed in accordance with established policies.
• Assist in standardizing the methods in which work will be accomplished.
• Assume the authority, responsibility and accountability of Cook.
• Ensure that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Assist in establishing food service production line, etc., to assure that meals are prepared on time.
• Process diet changes and new diets as received from Nursing Services.
• Agree not to disclosed assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/Center information and promptly report any known or suspected unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of such information to the Privacy Representative.
• Others as deemed necessary and appropriate, or as may be directed.
• Agree to use the computer in accordance with the Center's Policy.

Personnel Functions

• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-department personnel as well as with other departments within the Center to assure that food service can be properly maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis as well as a calm environment throughout the department.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials

Food Service

• Prepare meals in accordance with planned menus.
• Prepare and serve meals that are palatable and appetizing in appearance.
• Serve food in accordance with established portion control procedures.
• Prepare food for therapeutic diets in accordance with planned menus.
• Prepare food in accordance with standardized recipes and special diet orders.
• Prepare and provide bedtime snacks.
• Be sure that appropriate equipment and utensils are provided with the resident's meal tray.
• Prepare and serve substitute foods to residents who refuse foods served.

Education

Must possess, as a minimum, an 8th grade education.

Experience

One (1) year food experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital, nursing care Center, or other related medical Center preferred (but not necessary).