Cook - Full Time - FT

Pivotal Health Care; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and caring team at a boutique senior living community as a Cook! This role involves preparing meals and ensuring quality food safety while providing a restaurant-style dining experience. Become part of a dedicated team committed to enriching the lives of residents through passion and joy in their nutrition.

Benefits

Health, Dental, & Vision Care Plans

401(k) with company match

Tuition Assistance

Competitive Wages & Shift Differentials

Referral Bonus

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent education required.
• Culinary training preferred.
• 1 year food service experience in a healthcare setting desired.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meal preparation and service, ensuring food safety.
• Monitor food temperatures and maintain proper sanitation standards.
• Assist with inventory and food storage as needed.

Skills

Food safety

Nutritional knowledge

Team coordination

Sanitation procedures

Inventory management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Culinary training

Job description

Colonial Village is an innovative , beautiful, 5 star, boutique style senior living community. Our mission is simple : to enrich the lives of our residents through purpose, passion & joy in life! Our Community offers several levels of living including : independent living, assisted living, short-term rehab, and long-term care.

In addition to our commitment to provide quality care to our residents, we are also committed to providing a great work environment for our Team Members.

Shifts :

• Day Shift- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Benefits : We value and are grateful for our Team Members. Below is a snapshot of our benefits to foster health and happiness for our team :

• Health, Dental, & Vision Care Plans with company cost share (full-time only)
• Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that includes counseling sessions for Team Members and their Family.
• 401(k) with company match
• Competitive Wages & Shift Differentials
• Referral Bonus
• Service Award Bonus
• Tuition Assistance & Certification Course Payment

If you're in search of a family based organization with a culture of care and you have a passion for seniors - keep reading!

Role :

We are seeking a dedicated Cook to join our team! This position is responsible forpreparing meals according to cycle menus and monitoring methods of food handling preparations, meal service, and equipment cleaning. This position will additionally create a restaurant-style dining experience.

Responsibilities :

• Coordinate food preparation and meal service, including nutritional snacks.
• Monitor temperature of hot and cold foods through food preparation and service to ensure that established temperature goals are met prior to steamtable transfer and maintained throughout meal service.
• Plan and initiate cooking schedule for food preparation to meet meal schedules.
• Follow proper food safety and sanitation procedures and maintain a clean and safe environment.
• Assist with inventory.
• Assist in receiving and storing food and supplies.
• Clean equipment and work areas as assigned.
• Be knowledgeable of federal, state, and community's rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Follow defined safety codes while performing all duties.
• Follow defined Infection Control procedures.
• Attend scheduled department staff meetings.
• Attend in-service educational programs as assigned.
• Understand community's fire and disaster plans, follow established procedures during drills and actual emergencies.

Qualifications

Qualifications :

• High school graduate or equivalent education is required.
• Preference is given to persons with Culinary or equivalent training and understanding of therapeutic diets.
• Minimum one (1) year food service experience in a health care dietary setting is desired.
• Have general knowledge of quantity food preparation, portioning, and services.
• Serv Safe certification must be completed in the first year of employment.

Our Community is a part of a family of Retirement Communities which include :

• Colonial Village, Overland Park, KS
• Maggie's Place of Colonial Village, Overland Park, KS
• Westchester Village, Lenexa KS
• Linden Woods Village, Gladstone, MO
• RaintreeVillage, Lee's Summit, MO
• Kennybrook Village, Grimes, IA
• Scenic Living Communities, Iowa Falls, IA

We are an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability of any other characteristic protected by law. Our family of retirement communities are proud to be a tobacco-free campus, including but not limited to electronic cigarettes. We follow CMS and CDC protocols and guidelines.

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