Healthcare Dietary Cook — Craft Patient Meals with Purpose

Nhccare; Maryland Heights (MO); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Paid training

Vision insurance

Job summary

NHC HealthCare Maryland Heights is seeking a Dietary Cook to prepare patient meals and support the Food Nutrition Service Team in a healthcare setting. Responsibilities include cooking, food prep, kitchen cleaning, and following diet orders and menus to ensure quality service.

Experience in healthcare food service is preferred. Benefits include health insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and paid training. Morning and evening shifts available, with full-time and part-time options.

Qualifications

• Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required.
• Cooking: 1 year experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food prep, cooking, kitchen cleaning, and other duties as assigned.
• Review menus, therapeutic menus, recipes, and production sheets; prepare and serve diets as planned with proper portions and diets.
• Follow standardized recipes and diet orders; prepare quantities to meet service requirements.
• Test and taste foods for appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature; adjust as needed.
• Time meal preparation to meet service schedule for patients and customers.
• Check trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality; deliver carts to floors.

Skills

Cooking

Job description

NHC HealthCare Maryland Heights
Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA

Description

COOK for NHC HealthCare Maryland Heights

2920 Fee Fee Rd
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Position: Dietary Cook

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 Maryland Heights fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities in a culinary environment in a healthcare setting. A Food Service Team Member performs various duties associated with the production of patient meals such as assist with food prep, cooking, 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.

Job Type: Full Time, Part-Time

Work Shifts: Morning 5:a- 1p, Evening 11:30a-7:30p

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's 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.

Why NHC?
We are celebrating our 50-year Anniversary at National HealthCare Corporation!! We offer a culture ofrecognition, 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.

NHC HealthCare Maryland Heights is proud to be namedBest Nursing Homes 2020 by Newsweek!!We are conveniently located off Interstate 70!

Experience
Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required

Job Type: Full-time

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Every other weekend

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Maryland Heights, MO 63043: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Cooking: 1 year (Required)

If you are interested in working for a leader in senior care and share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/maryland-heights/

"Care is our business" -Join our family and see why we strive to provide "care in a better way"!

"50 years Committed, 50 years Caring, 50 years Strong"

EOE

Equal Opportunity Employer
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