Float Cook - Senior Services

Hartford HealthCare; Southington (CT); Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program

Work/life balance

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Travel Cook to work across multiple Assisted Living communities in Southington and Newington, CT. This role requires preparing food according to approved recipes while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Candidates should have at least 1 year of cooking experience or equivalent food service history.

The position offers flexible shifts and a competitive benefits program aimed at promoting work/life balance.

Qualifications

• 1 year of cooking or 3 years of relevant food service experience.
• Must be able to read, write, understand, and speak English.
• Basic math skills for recipe calculations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food according to menus and approved recipes.
• Completes timely food preparation while ensuring serving temperatures.
• Utilizes creativity in garnishing and recipe development.

Skills

Cooking

Food service experience

Basic math skills

English language proficiency

Flexibility

Job description

Location

The Orchards of Southington (10165). The Travel Cook Position will be based at The Orchards at Southington, an Assisted Living Community. There are two other communities in Southington and two communities in Newington, CT.

Shift

Float Cook position for travel to five Assisted Living Buildings in Southington and Newington. Every other weekend required. Shifts vary: 10:30 AM-7:00 PM / 5:00 AM-1:30 PM.

Facilities

• Southington Care Center (Skilled Nursing)
• Mulberry Gardens (Assisted Living)
• Cedar Mountain Commons (Assisted Living)
• Jefferson House (Skilled Nursing)

Overview

The Travel Cook will support all locations by becoming familiar with their operations and filling in when needed. They must prepare food according to selected menus, approved recipes, and production sheets with knowledge of quantity cooking. They must complete the preparation of all food items in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with serving temperature requirements, health, sanitation, safety, HACCP, food handling, quality and cost containment standards. They report to the Food Services Manager.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food according to selected menus, approved recipes, and production sheets with knowledge of quantity cooking.
• Complete the preparation of all food items in a timely manner and assure that all foods meet required serving temperatures.
• Utilizes creativity in garnishing, decorating, and developing new recipes.
• Complies with stringent health, sanitation, safety, HACCP and food handling standards.
• Adheres to quality and cost containment standards.

Qualifications

• 1 year of cooking or 3 years of directly related food service experience equivalent.
• Must be able to read, write, understand, and speak English.
• Basic math skills required for recipe quantity calculations.
• Ability to adjust recipe quantities based on census or volume.
• Writing skills required for completing production records and documenting on logs and other reports.
• Must be versatile and flexible to work at multiple locations and travel accordingly.

Benefits

Hartford HealthCare offers a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.