Dietary Aid/Cook

Recover-Care Heartland; Salina (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Annual evaluations

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Electronic documentation

Employee appreciation events

Health insurance

Life insurance

Modified Comp

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Recover-Care Heartland is seeking a dietary aide to assist with cooking, service, and cleanup for meals served to patients and staff in the nursing center and at special events.

Responsibilities include safe food handling, maintaining quality, following recipes, assisting the cook, preparing nourishments, desserts and beverages, and following production sheets.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read and understand English for business necessity.
• Basic understanding of sanitation, organization and safety.
• Prior experience in food service preferred.
• Prior experience in long-term care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of tasks that may include cooking, service and cleanup for meals served to patients and staff.
• Ensures that safe food handling techniques are used.
• Maintains standards for food preparation and quality; uses nutritionally equivalent substitutes when required.
• Follows standardized recipes and assists cook as directed by the food service director.
• Prepares and labels nourishments; portions desserts, salads and beverages.
• Follows production sheets and guidelines when appropriate.

Skills

Communication skills

Reading English

Sanitation and safety

Food service experience

Long-term care experience

Job description

Performs a variety of tasks that may include cooking, service, and clean up for meals served to patients and staff in the nursing center and other special events.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Ensures that safe food handling techniques are used
• Maintains standards for food preparation and quality of food service; uses nutritionally equivalent substitutes when required
• Follows standardized recipes
• Assists cook as directed by the food service director
• Prepares and labels nourishments according to center procedures
• Prepares and portions desserts, salads and other non-entrée foods into dishes; pours beverages
• Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate

QUALIFICATIONS

• The dietary aide and or dietary cook candidate will have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read and understand English for business necessity.
• Basic understanding of sanitation, organization and safety.
• Prior experience in food service preferred.
• Prior experience in long-term care preferred

BENEFITS

• 401K
• Annual evaluations
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Electronic documentation
• Employee appreciation events
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Modified Comp
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance