Cook - FT

San Diego Post Acute in; El Cajon (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Matching

Job summary

San Diego Post Acute is hiring a full-time Cook in our food services department. The role involves maintaining a clean kitchen, preparing meals for residents, and assisting with serving. Experience in hospitals or long-term care facilities is preferred, with a ServSafe certificate required or pursued.

The facility values safety, diet accuracy, and teamwork across departments. The position offers a pay range of $18.00 to $22.00 per hour based on experience, with medical, dental, vision, and 401k

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience as a cook in a hospital or long-term care facility for not less than one year.
• Ability to read technical procedures and follow recipes; present information to managers and employees.
• Mathematical skills: fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions.
• Reasoning ability to solve practical problems and interpret instructions.
• Must obtain and maintain ServSafe Certificate; PCC knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen and cooking area in a safe, orderly, clean and sanitary manner.
• Prepare meals and cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
• Follow prepared menus and portion control guides.
• Prepare special diets accurately.
• Record food temperatures for meals.
• Prepare pureed foods.
• Assist with serving meals and clean cooking areas.
• Report resident care concerns to Administrator/Director of Nurses.
• Attend orientation and ongoing training of dietary staff.
• Ensure food presentation is appealing to residents.

Skills

Reading procedures

Follow recipes

Effective communication

Food safety awareness

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ServSafe Certificate

PCC knowledge

Job description

Cook - FT (Food Services)

Pay Range: $18.00 an hour to $22.00 an hour (based on experience)

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Matching

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen and cooking area in a safe, orderly, clean and sanitary manner.
• Ability to prepare tasteful meals and to cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
• Ability to follow prepared menus and portion control guides.
• Ability to prepare special diets accurately.
• Record food temperatures for the meals.
• Prepare pureed foods.
• Ability to work in cooperation and harmony with personnel in all departments.
• Maintain quaternary solution in sanitizer buckets.
• Assist with serving the different meals.
• Clean cooking area and serving carts.
• Report resident care concerns and potential issues to Administrator and/or Director of Nurses.
• Participate in the orientation and ongoing training of dietary staff.
• Ability to make the presentation of the food appealing to the residents.
• Ability to cooperate.
• Willing to supervise and to work under supervision.
• To make sure all cleaning schedules are followed.

Supervisory Requirements

1. This job has supervisory responsibilities in the absence of the Dietary Supervisor.

Qualification

• Education and/or Experience High school diploma or equivalent.
• Should have experience as a cook in a hospital or long term care facility for not less than one year.
• Language Skills Ability to read technical procedures. Ability to read and follow recipes. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Mathematical Skills Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Must obtain and maintain ServSafe Certificate. Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred. Must remain in good standing with the Department of Public Health.

Physical Demands

• The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities: Standing and/or walking very frequently.
• Sitting occasionally.
• Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently.
• Talking and/or hearing very frequently.
• Tasting and/or smelling very frequently.
• Lifting up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling occasionally.
• Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception in vision: ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Additional Information

Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.