Cook - Full Time - Days

Crisp Regional Health Services; Cordele (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisp Regional Health Services is seeking a Cook to join the Nursing Home team. Under the direction of the Manager, Food Service, you will prepare, season and cook meals for residents, staff and visitors, ensuring quality, safety and timely service.

You will follow recipes and mealtime schedules, maintain cleanliness, proper storage, and sanitation standards while supporting a respectful, collaborative kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Requires a high school diploma or GED state certification.
• Experience: Requires little to no work-related experience.
• Licensure, Registrations & Certifications: No professional licenses required.

Responsibilities

• Follows all food production tallies, identifies portion sizes, diets, counts and distribution for trays and cafeteria.
• Follows all recipes to ensure consistent product quality.
• Ensures foods are prepared by established mealtimes and served at proper temperatures.
• Uses proper roast procedures on meat items to ensure high quality and limit waste.
• Ensures quality of all prepared foods by appearance, aroma and taste.
• Stores foods properly, labeled and dated, to prevent spoilage.
• Returns leftovers to appropriate storage during shift.
• Uses leftovers while maintaining quality and nutrition.
• Maintains clean-as-you-go practices and sanitation of areas, utensils, and equipment.
• Follows sanitation standards and health codes.
• Adheres to safety procedures when operating kitchen equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food preparation

Sanitation standards

Safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Manager, Food Service, the Cook is an active member of the Nursing Home team that delivers long-term care consistent with the strategic vision, goals, philosophy, and direction of the Nursing Home and CRHS. Prepares, seasons and cooks’ food for residents, employees, and visitors.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Requires a high school diploma or GED state certification.
• Experience: Requires little to no work-related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Licensure, Registrations & Certifications: This job does not require any professional or technical licenses, registrations, or certifications.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Follows all food production tallies, identifies portion sizes, products to produce, diets, counts and distribution appropriate to the tray-line and cafeteria.
• Follows all recipes to assure consistent product production quality.
• Ensures foods are prepared by the established mealtimes daily and served at appropriate temperatures.
• Uses proper roast procedures on all meat items to assure high quality and limited shrinkage/waste. Prepares all food products to established portion sizes.
• Ensures the quality of all prepared foods using sensory criteria to verify appearance, smell, and taste.
• Stores foods properly to prevent spoilage and waste, and ensures that stored foods are covered, labeled, and dated.
• Returns leftover stock to appropriate storage areas during shift.
• Uses leftover foods while maintaining product quality and nutritional value.
• Employs clean-as-you-go practices maintaining clean handling, preparation, cooking and storage areas, and clean cooking utensils, equipment and pots and pans.
• Follows sanitation standards and health codes.
• Ensures daily strict adherence by kitchen staff to personal hygiene policies, practices, and standards.
• Adheres to safety procedures when operating all kitchen equipment.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.