Food Service Aide / Cook

NHC Careers; North Augusta (SC); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Food Service Aide/Cook to join their nutrition service team. This role involves meal preparation, food delivery, and maintaining a clean kitchen environment in a family-oriented atmosphere. NHC offers competitive compensation, flexible scheduling, and numerous benefits, while celebrating over 50 years in senior care.

Benefits

Earned Time Off

Holiday Incentive Pay

Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance

401k with generous company contributions

Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities

Advancement Opportunities

Qualifications

• Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required.

Responsibilities

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies.
• Responsible for sanitizing dishes and utensils.
• Helps prepare and serve foods according to dietary needs.

Skills

Food Handling Techniques

Teamwork

Sanitization

Job description

Position: Food Service Aide / Cook

Pay: $12 - $14 / hour Depending On Experience

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 to showcase your culinary skills in a healthcare setting. A Food Service Aide/Cook performs various duties associated with the production and service of patient meals such as assist with food prep, food delivery, kitchen cleaning, and other duties as assigned.

We provide restaurant style dining for our residents and their families; offering you the opportunity to interact with our residents and their families.

Food Service Aide/Cook 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.
• Responsible for scraping, stacking, washing, and sanitizing dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. and for removing broken or chipped dishes and glassware from use. Wraps flatware if needed.
• Properly transports and stores dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. Responsible for having sufficient quantities of clean and sanitized dishes, flatware, utensils, pots/pans, etc. to meet time schedule for meal preparation and service.
• Cleans and sanitizes the dish machine and dish room. Empties and cleans/sanitizes the trash cans. Keeps work area clean, uncluttered, and completes assigned cleaning duties.
• Assists cook, as needed, in preparing and serving foods for all diets (therapeutic, mechanically altered, etc.) according to planned menus, using proper portions and special diet items. Prepares beverages, breads, and other menu items as assigned.

Why NHC?
We are celebrating our 50-year Anniversary at National HealthCare Corporation!! 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 PayHealth, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance401k with generous company contributionsFlexible ScheduleUniformsTuition Reimbursement OpportunitiesAdvancement Opportunities

NHC HealthCare North Augusta is located at350 Austin Graybill Road,North Augusta, SC 29860

If you are interested in working as a Food Service Aide/Cook for a leader in senior care and share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, please apply today and find out more about us atnhccare.com/locations/north-augusta/

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