Dietary Cook

Norwalk Care Center; Norwalk (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwalk Care Center is seeking a dietary cook to prepare safe, nutritious meals for elderly residents in a nursing home setting. You will tailor meals to health and medical needs, following diabetes, heart disease, or swallowing-difficulty guidelines, and adhere to cycle menus approved by a dietitian.

You will maintain clean workstations, practice safe food handling, manage basic inventory, and collaborate with dietary aides, nurses, and registered dietitians to monitor residents' nutritional

Qualifications

• Follow precise guidelines for residents with conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or swallowing difficulties (pureed or mechanical soft diets).
• Adhere to dietitian-approved cycle menus rather than creating freeform recipes.
• Maintain clean workstations and practice safe food handling; track inventory or supplies.
• Work alongside dietary aides, nurses, and registered dietitians to monitor resident nutritional health.

Responsibilities

• Follow precise guidelines for residents with conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or swallowing difficulties (pureed or mechanical soft diets).
• Follow dietitian-approved cycle menus rather than creating freeform recipes.
• Maintain clean workstations and practice safe food handling; track inventory.
• Work with dietary aides, nurses, and dietitians to monitor residents' nutritional health.

Skills

Special Diets

Recipe Adherence

Food Safety

Team Collaboration

Job description

A dietary cook in a nursing home prepares safe, nutritious meals tailored to the specific health and medical needs of elderly residents. [1, 2]

Key Responsibilities

• Special Diets: Follow precise guidelines for residents with conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or swallowing difficulties (pureed or mechanical soft diets).

• Recipe Adherence: Follow strict, dietitian-approved cycle menus rather than creating freeform recipes.

• Food Safety: Maintain clean workstations, practice safe food handling, and track inventory or supplies.

• Team Collaboration: Work alongside dietary aides, nurses, and registered dietitians to monitor resident nutritional health.

Work Environment & Realities