Job Details: Job Location: Parkview Retirement Center - Sanford, NC 27330, Salary Range: $15.00 - $19.00 Hourly, The Cook is responsible for cooking and producing well balanced, quality meals and providing excellent service to residents.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Interacts with residents and staff in a professional, friendly and compassionate manner at all times.
- Follows recipes to prepare quality and nutritional meals for residents.
- Plates meals with an attractive presentation.
- Maintains a safe, sanitary, clean and organized cooking area.
- Assists with stocking inventory of food and non-food supplies.
- Assists with cleaning the kitchen.
- Preps food in accordance with community and health department standards.
- Performs duties of kitchen helper/dishwasher as needed:
- Washes dishes, pots and pans, and stores dishes.
- Keeps dishwashing area clean and organized.
- Puts away delivered food products.
- Demonstrates high standards of ethics and personal accountability.
- Follows all OSHA, Fire, Health Department and safety requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Job requires walking and standing for extended periods of time.
- Push, pull, lift up to 50 lbs.
Qualifications
- 18 years of age; high school diploma or GED.
- Must have the ability to obtain a food handlers certificate as required.
- Ability to read and prepare menus and recipes.
- Working knowledge of the rules and regulations related to health and safety in food preparation.
- Drive, desire, and willingness to learn.
- Must be able to read, write and communicate effectively with residents and co-workers in English.
- Ability to use math to calculate recipes.
- Must have skills necessary to prepare dishes for specialized diets.
- Demonstrate good judgement skills.
- Must have basic computer skills.
- Ability to work well under stress, complete assignments accurately, and work independently, as well as with co-workers.
- Demonstrate desire to be a team player.
- Regular attendance is required.
- Ability to push, pull, lift up to 50 lbs.
Working Conditions
- Requires interaction with co-workers and residents.
- Likely requires weekend, evening shifts, and holiday shifts.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections.
Physical Requirements
- Walk and stand for extended periods of time.
- Reach with hands and arms.
- Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Talk and hear.
- Ability to lift, push and/or pull: Up to 50 pounds.