Cook

NHC HealthCare, Charleston; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned Time Off

Holiday Incentive Pay

Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance

401k with generous company contributions

Uniforms

Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

NHC HealthCare, Charleston is seeking a Cook for its award-winning Lake St Charles Independent Living and Assisted Living Community. As a Cook, you will be responsible for preparing quality meals while ensuring proper food handling techniques and portion control.

This role offers both part-time and full-time opportunities with AM and PM shifts, allowing you to work in a fun and creative environment. Enjoy benefits including health insurance, earned time off, and advancement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Healthcare food service experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and diet orders.
• Skills in timing food preparation for service.

Responsibilities

• Assist in receiving and storing food and supplies.
• Prepare and serve diets properly and accurately.
• Test and taste foods for proper quality before serving.
• Check accuracy of diets on trays before delivery.

Skills

Food handling techniques

Quality food preparation

Teamwork

Job description

Cook for award winning Lake St Charles Independent Living and Assisted Living Community

Lake St. Charles is an award winning Independent Living and Assisted Living Community located in Saint Charles, MO. We sit on 13 private acres and have over 175 apartments.

Position: Cook

Are you looking to have fun in a work environment where you can express your talents and creativity, while making a difference in the lives of others? Come join our Food Nutrition Service Team! NHC fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities in a culinary environment in a healthcare setting. The Dietary Cook performs specified duties to maintain high standards of quality food preparation, production, service, and portion control, using standardized recipes, for all customers.

Position Highlights

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products. Dates, labels, and stores items properly. Uses proper food handling techniques.
• Review's menus, therapeutic menus, recipes, and production sheets before preparing meals; prepares and serves diets properly, accurately, and attractively as planned using proper portions and special diet items.
• Follows standardized recipes and special diet orders, preparing sufficient quantities to meet all service requirements.
• Responsible for testing and tasting foods of all consistencies for proper appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature and adjust if needed.
• Responsible for timing of preparation of meals/snacks to meet time schedule for service for patients and customers to ensure all meals/snacks are served as scheduled.
• Checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality before they are delivered. Serves on tray line and delivers carts to floors as needed.

Job Type

Part Time and Full Time

Work Schedule

AM and PM Shifts available

Experience

Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required

Benefits

• Earned Time Off
• Holiday Incentive Pay
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
• 401k with generous company contributions
• Uniforms
• Advancement Opportunities

Work Location

Lake St. Charles Retirement Center

45 Honey Locust Ln, St Charles, MO 63303

EOE