Nursing Home Cook: Nutritious, Tasty Meals

Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc.; Cordele (GA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Cook under the direction of the Manager, Food Service to join the Nursing Home team. You will prepare, season and cook meals for residents, employees, and visitors in line with the facility's goals and philosophy.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED with little to no prior experience; training covers recipes, portion control, food safety, sanitation and daily meal timing to ensure quality and compliance with health codes.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED state certification.
• Requires little to no work-related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Responsibilities

• Follows all food production tallies, identifies portion sizes, products to produce, diets, counts and distribution appropriate to the tray-line and cafeteria.
• Follows all recipes to assure consistent product production quality.
• Ensures foods are prepared by the established mealtimes daily and served at appropriate temperatures.
• Uses proper roast procedures on all meat items to assure high quality and limited shrinkage/waste. Prepares all food products to established portion sizes.
• Ensures the quality of all prepared foods using sensory criteria to verify appearance, smell, and taste.
• Stores foods properly to prevent spoilage and waste, and ensures that stored foods are covered, labeled, and dated.
• Returns leftover stock to appropriate storage areas during shift.
• Uses leftover foods while maintaining product quality and nutritional value.
• Employs clean-as-you-go practices maintaining clean handling, preparation, cooking and storage areas, and clean cooking utensils, equipment and pots and pans.
• Follows sanitation standards and health codes.
• Ensures daily strict adherence by kitchen staff to personal hygiene policies, practices, and standards.
• Adheres to safety procedures when operating all kitchen equipment.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Cook under the direction of the Manager, Food Service to join the Nursing Home team. You will prepare, season and cook meals for residents, employees, and visitors in line with the facility's goals and philosophy.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED with little to no prior experience; training covers recipes, portion control, food safety, sanitation and daily meal timing to ensure quality and compliance with health codes.