Dietary Cook Evening Shift

Onyx Healthcare; Bernice (LA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Onyx Healthcare is seeking a Dietary Cook for Onyx Care of Bernice, a post-acute rehabilitation facility. The role focuses on meeting patients' nutritional needs while maintaining a clean, safe kitchen environment and following facility procedures.

The position requires basic culinary experience, ability to assist with food prep, meal service, and sanitation duties in a healthcare setting. Onyx Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a stable work environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma typically required; culinary certification or relevant training is an asset.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in culinary role, preferably in a healthcare or institutional setting.
• Proficiency in food preparation, cooking techniques, and know-how.

Responsibilities

• Assist 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; pours beverages.
• Follows production sheets and pre-preparation sheets or guidelines when appropriate.
• Sets dining room tables for meals when assigned.
• Works on meal tray serving line and serves meal trays to patients when assigned.
• Ensures safe food handling and sanitation practices.

Skills

Culinary experience

Cooking techniques

Food preparation

Education

High school diploma

Culinary certification (asset)

Job description

Dietary Cook

Job Description

Dept: Dietary

Reports to: Food Service Director

W/H Class: Non-Exempt, Hourly

Job Summary:

Join our talented team at Onyx Care of Bernice, a post-acute rehabilitation facility committed to providing exceptional patient care. As a Dietary Cook, you will play a vital role in ensuring the nutritional needs of our patients are met, while maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment.

Residents Rights

• Knows and respects patient rights.
• Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential.
• Reports all complaints made by patients to supervisor.
• Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of patient property.

Safety and Sanitation

• Uses Standard Precautions as outlined in policies and procedures.
• Follows established safety policies and procedures.
• Observes safety needs of patients as indicated in care plan.
• Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.
• Demonstrates job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.
• Operates, cleans and stores kitchen equipment in a safe manner.
• Identifies location of MSDS for chemicals used. Is familiar with eye wash station.

Food Preparation/Production Responsibilities

• 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.

Sanitation Responsibilities

• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors as assigned.
• Takes trash to dumpster.
• Washes dishes and silverware according to dishwashing procedure.
• Puts clean dishes and silverware away.
• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work areas.
• Assists with cleaning of equipment, dishes, silverware and kitchen as assigned.
• Washes pots and pans if assigned.
• Completes cleaning assignments.

Meal Service Responsibilities

• Sets dining room tables for meals when assigned.
• Works on meal tray serving line. Sets‑up before start of meal service. Breaks down area and cleans‑up at end of serving line.
• Reads and follows tray tickets when serving meals.
• Serves meal trays to patient and pours beverages for patients when assigned to dining room.
• Clears tables of dishes and trash.
• Pushes food carts to appropriate patient care areas.
• Communicates with patients during meal times when serving in dining areas.

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Uses safe food handling techniques as identified in state and federal codes and regulations.
• Uses proper hand washing techniques.
• Thaws food appropriately.
• Stores food using correct packaging and labelling.
• Uses gloves appropriately and changes when required.
• Checks refrigerators and freezers for correct temperature.
• Follows the cleaning schedule.
• Cleans the equipment and work areas after each use.
• Cools, stores and reheats cooked foods according to procedures.
• Does cleaning assignments.
• Maintains neat, clean and orderly work areas.

Experience

• A high school diploma is typically required; culinary certification or relevant training is an asset.
• Minium of 2 years’ experience in culinary role, preferably in a healthcare or institutional setting
• Proficiency in food preparation, cooking techniques, and know

Physical Demands

• Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting, moving, and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Stooping, standing, walking, smelling, color, vision, reaching, handling, fingering and pushing.

General Requirements

Must be able to execute the terms and conditions set forth in the Onyx Healthcare Employee Handbook, including, but not limited to:

a.Works in a safety-conscious manner, which ensures that safe work practices are used in order not to pose a risk to self or others in the workplace. Reports any safety violations or hazards to supervisor

b.Complies with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal regulations

c.Adheres to policy on Drug-Free Workplace

d.Interacts in a tactful, diplomatic, and humanistic manner with residents, families, visitors, and co-workers to provide a safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective caring environment which ensures the self-respect, personal dignity, rights and physical safety of each resident and facility guest

e.Maintains a dependable attendance record and adheres to standards of cleanliness, grooming, hygiene, and dress code.

f.Takes positive action to ensure equal opportunity in the conduct of all business activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, age, national origin, disability, citizenship, veteran status or any other legally protected category.

Onyx Healthcare is committed to delivering personalized, professional, and expert-level care at our post-acute & rehabilitation centers throughout Northern Louisiana. We offer a wide range of services to provide our patients with the highest quality care possible.

Onyx Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.