Cook ~ Senior Living Community ~ Centennial

MorningStar Senior Management LLC; Colorado; In loco; USD 42.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k plan with matching

HSA options

Paid sick leave

Vacation and birthday paid

Career development programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Free shift meal

Descrizione del lavoro

MorningStar Senior Living is hiring a Cook for a senior living community. The role is full-time, non-exempt, with a pay range of $20.00 - $23.00 per hour. Schedule includes mostly days with some evenings and two consecutive days off weekly.

You will prepare, cook, and serve balanced meals per menus and dietary guidelines. Candidates should have a high school diploma (or ability to read/write English) and prior dietary dept experience in healthcare is preferred.

Competenze

• Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.
• Education: High school diploma preferred; ability to read and write English.
• Experience: Prior dietary dept experience in a health care facility preferred.
• Job Knowledge: Prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities; manage portions.

Mansioni

• Handle and prepare food that is palatable, appetizing, and attractive.
• Comply with meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes but make independent decisions in line with experience.
• Understand importance of proper food-handling techniques and hazards.
• Be familiar with seasoning and cooking time required.
• Estimate quantities of food and apportion servings; monitor portions.
• Prepare foodstuffs: wash/trim vegetables, cut meat, fish, fowl.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure conformity with recipes.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines and check trays.
• Cook by baking, roasting, stewing, steaming; prepare gravies, stocks, sauces.
• Prepare cold dishes, sandwiches, cereals, beverages.

Conoscenze

Reading and writing English

Core values alignment

Formazione

High school diploma preferred

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

Cook ~ Senior Living Community

Full-time

Pay Range: $20.00 - $23.00

Non-exempt

Schedule with mostly Days with some evenings, 2 consecutive days off each week. Looking for candidate with open availability

Make a difference by providing great care and love for our treasured residents!

At MorningStar Senior Living, we talk a lot about culture. In fact, we rather obsess about it. For without a transformative culture, we cannot begin to elevate and celebrate the lives of our resident-heroes and be ourselves changed for the good in the process. So, we seek great hearts, other people like us, who care and want to do work that matters. We select people like us who believe that the most satisfying life is one that is outward-bound and rooted in servant-leadership.

JOB SUMMARY

The cook is responsible for preparation, cooking, seasoning, and serving adequate, attractive, nutritious, and balanced meals, including meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, fruit, soups, salads, desserts, breads, and pastries, as specified and scheduled by the menus. The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current existing federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.

BENEFITS

• Health Insurance offerings such as medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Other Insurance offerings such as life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance
• 401k plan with matching
• HSA options
• Employee assistance programs
• Paid sick, vacation and birthday!
• Career development programs and opportunity for advancement
• Charitable and philanthropic opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free shift meal!

POSITIONOVERVIEW

• Handle and prepare food that is palatable, appetizing, and attractive.
• Comply with meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes but make independent decisions in line with current experience.
• Understand importance of proper food-handling techniques and hazards of improper food handling.
• Be familiar with seasoning and cooking time required.
• Be aware of cooking characteristics of various cuts of meats, fish and fowl.
• Estimate quantities of food required and apportion servings while monitoring portion-controlled guidelines for individual residents.
• Prepare foodstuffs for cooking: Peel, wash, trim, and cut vegetables and fruit; wash, cut, de-bone and trim meat, fish and fowl.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure conformity with recipes and appearance.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking each tray for completeness and accuracy.
• Cook food: Bake, roast, stew and steam-cook meats, fish and fowl, basting as necessary to retain flavor; make gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.

https://www.morningstarseniorliving.com/careers/

QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.

• Education: High school diploma preferred, but at the minimum the ability to read and write English.
• Experience: Previous experience in the dietary department of health care facility preferred.
• Job Knowledge: Ability to prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities; aware of special diets, seasoning requirements, cooking times, temperature controls; ability to estimate quantities of food required, limit waste, and utilize leftovers while serving attractive, appetizing meals.

*Team members who are scheduled to work 24 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits, families of said team members will also be eligible.

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