Cook

Mountain View Retirement Village; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a Dietary Cook at Mountain View Retirement Village in Tucson, AZ to prepare and serve high-quality meals for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

You will follow recipes, manage portions, assist with stock rotation, and ensure residents are served with care and consistency. You will own your station’s cleanliness, uphold food safety standards, and work well in a team to deliver warm, timely service to residents.

Qualifications

• 1+ years professional cooking experience.
• Maintain level one fingerprint clearance.
• Must possess Serv-Safe certification or obtain upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner as assigned.
• Follow recipes and maintain food quality and presentation.
• Assist with stock rotation and kitchen cleanliness.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.
• Provide timely, friendly service to residents.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Short order cooking

Food safety awareness

Education

Serv-Safe certification

Job description

About us

Mountain View Retirement Village is a large senior living community, serving residents across multiple levels of care including independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

About the Opportunity

The Dietary Cook is responsible for preparing and serving high-quality meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner as assigned. This position supports efficient, timely, and friendly service while maintaining strong food safety, sanitation, and quality standards. The cook follows recipes, prepares food consistently, assists with stock rotation, and helps ensure residents receive meals that are well-prepared, well-presented, and served with care. This person is expected to take ownership of the cleanliness of their work area and department, as well as the quality of the food they prepare and serve.

Schedule Expectations

Flexibility is required, including holidays and weekends. Our kitchen operates from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 365 days a year, and scheduling may vary based on resident needs and department coverage. One day may require breakfast coverage, while another may require dinner coverage. This is not a set-schedule position; however, there are no late-night shifts. Full-time and part-time options are available.

Critical Success Factors

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and comprehend the same.
• Willingness to learn new food preparation techniques and presentation.
• Knowledge of special dietary needs of residents and the required meal prep techniques.
• Works well as part of a team, communicates respectfully, supports coworkers, and helps create a positive, reliable kitchen environment.
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict or customer complaints.
• Ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Follows all food safety and equipment safety procedures.
• Take pride in food quality, presentation, consistency, and resident satisfaction.
• Maintains ownership of department cleanliness, including workstations, equipment, storage areas, and overall sanitation standards.
• Ability to "short order" cook.
• Must be dependable, punctual, self-motivated, flexible with scheduling needs, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years professional cooking experience, both large quantity and short order.
• Maintain level one fingerprint clearance.
• Must possess Serv-Safe certification or obtain upon hire.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.

The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

Pinnacle Senior Living is a dynamic organization in a rapidly expanding Independent and Assisted Living industry. Our focus to create and maintain assisted and independent living communities that set the standard in each of their individual markets. The 52 Pinnacle Senior Living communities operate across 6 states, and we expect our growth to continue. These communities operate independently with the support of the "Service Center," a world-class service team to allow local leaders and their teams to focus solely on the day-to-day care of their residents and overall operations.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.