Dietary Cook - Evening

AdamsPlace; Cookeville (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned Time Off

Holiday Incentive Pay

Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance

401k with generous company contributions

Flexible Schedule

Uniforms

Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities

Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

AdamsPlace in Cookeville, TN, is seeking a Dietary Cook to join our Food Nutrition Service Team. The role involves preparing and serving meals, ensuring quality standards, and following diet orders or special requests. Experience in healthcare food service is a plus, although not mandatory. We foster a supportive and fun work environment, offering competitive compensation and various benefits including health insurance and tuition reimbursement. Join us in making a difference in the lives of others.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare food service is preferred but not required.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes and special diet orders.

Responsibilities

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies appropriately.
• Prepares and serves meals according to menus and dietary requirements.
• Tests and tastes foods to ensure proper quality and service.

Skills

Healthcare food service experience

Job description

Are you looking to have fun in a work environment where you can express your talents and creativity, while making a difference in the lives of others? Come join our Food Nutrition Service Team! NHC fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities in a culinary environment in a healthcare setting. The Dietary Cook performs specified duties to maintain high standards of quality food preparation, production, service, and portion control, using standardized recipes, for all customers.

Position Highlights

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products. Dates, labels, and stores items properly. Uses proper food handling techniques.
• Review menus, therapeutic menus, recipes, and production sheets before preparing meals; prepares and serves diets properly, accurately, and attractively as planned using proper portions and special diet items.
• Follows standardized recipes and special diet orders, preparing sufficient quantities to meet all service requirements.
• Responsible for testing and tasting foods of all consistencies for proper appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature and adjust if needed.
• Responsible for timing of preparation of meals/snacks to meet time schedule for service for patients and customers to ensure all meals/snacks are served as scheduled.
• Checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality before they are delivered. Serves on tray line and delivers carts to floors as needed.

Job Type

Evening Shift, Must Be Available Weekends

Why NHC?

We offer a culture of recognition, empowerment, and fun. At NHC, we are all partners (employees) in a family – oriented work atmosphere where growth and opportunities are promoted. We provide competitive compensation with performance wage rate increases.

Experience

Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required

Benefits

• Earned Time Off
• Holiday Incentive Pay
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
• 401k with generous company contributions
• Flexible Schedule
• Uniforms
• Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
• Advancement Opportunities

We Are Located At

NHC Cookeville
815 South Walnut Ave
Cookeville, TN 38501

If you are interested in working as a Food Service Cook for a leader in senior care, share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, and have a heart for the geriatric patient, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/Cookeville/

We look forward to talking with you about this great Food Service Cook opportunity. NHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.