Cook : Dietary

Pearl of Joliet; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearl of Joliet is seeking a Cook for the Dietary Department to prepare meals and supervise staff. The role requires following recipes, maintaining sanitation, and ensuring timely service for residents.

The Cook will support the Dietary Manager, manage inventory, and help ensure compliance with health regulations while providing compassionate service to residents in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• High School or Culinary Tech Graduate.
• Ability to read, understand and follow recipes, production sheets, counts, diet orders, tray tickets and all employee responsibilities and flows.
• Understand after training on computer software system for resident information and preferences.
• Must be ServSafe Certified or able to earn within the first 90 days of starting.

Responsibilities

• The Cook works under the direction of the Dietary Manager.
• Prepare and portion hot and cold menu items according to the menu and recipe as noted on the production sheet counts.
• Serve resident meals according to correct meal service times.
• Cover for staff who call out due to illness.
• Ensure all correct food and equipment temperatures are recorded by meal.
• Interact daily with residents and facility staff to ensure satisfaction and proper service.
• Maintain highest sanitation standards required by the state Department of Health regulations.
• Practice clean, safe work environment.
• Willing to work flexible work hours.
• Track inventory and communicate to the Dietary Manager when supplies are low or place orders.
• Label, wrap and date all unused food items in the correct areas.
• Support Archway Management and facility Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure staff clock in on time per their schedule.
• Discipline staff not completing their job assignments correctly.
• Conduct daily huddle meetings for staff communication and direction.

Skills

Leadership

Sanitation

Recipe interpretation

Staff supervision

Education

High School or Culinary Tech Graduate

Job description

Position Summary:

The Cook performs designated work and cleaning routines for the Dietary Department to include preparing meals correctly and timely, supervising employee staff, and is accountable to the Dietary Manager. In the absence of the Dietary Manager, the Cook is accountable for overseeing and supporting the staff.

Qualifications:

• HighSchoolorCulinaryTechGraduate.
• Abilitytoread,understandandfollowrecipes,productionsheetscounts,dietorders,trayticketsandallemployeeworkresponsibilitiesandflows.
• Understandaftertrainingoncomputersoftwaresystemforresidentinformationandpreferences.
• Must be SerrSafe Certified or able to earn within the first 90 days of starting.

Duties:

• The Cook works under the direction of the Dietary Manager.
• Preparingandportionshotandcoldmenuitemsaccordingtopropermenu and recipeas noted on theproductionsheetcounts.
• ServingResidentmealsaccordingtothecorrectmealservicetimes.
• Coverageforanystaffmemberswhocalloutduetoillness.
• Assureallcorrectfoodandequipmenttemperaturesarebeingrecordedbymeal.
• Dailyresidentand facility employee interactiontoassureresidentsaresatisfied and being provided correctly.
• MaintainhigheststandardofsanitationasrequiredbythestateDepartmentofHealthregulations.
• Practiceclean, safeworkenvironment.
• Willing to work flexible work hours.
• Track inventory and communicate to the Dietary Manager and low supplies or place orders for needed items.
• Label, wrap and date all unused food items in the correct areas.
• Support and follow Archway Management and facility Policies and Procedures.
• Assure staff is clocking in on time as per their schedule.
• Discipline staff not completing their job assignments correctly.
• Conduct daily huddle meetings for staff communication and direction.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of previous Dietary (Healthcare) or Restaurant Experience.
• PreviousSupervisoryExperiencepreferred.

Are you looking for a career that uses your culinary and leadership skills to provide care and compassion to the elderly? Archway Management can offer you the opportunity to use those skills and grow in our company.