Valora of Orono: Chef/Cook (full-time)

LSL ALF LLC; Orono (MN); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Reviews/Raises

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401k + Company Match

Career path to other positions

Job summary

Lifespark is seeking a Cook/Chef for Valora Orono, a Lifespark Senior Living Community in Orono, MN. The role pays $17.50 to $22.50 hourly based on experience and is full-time (1.0 FTE) with the obligation to work every other weekend.

The community offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care in a 72-unit setting. Responsibilities include preparing meals per prescribed diets, ensuring food safety and sanitation, and coordinating with residents and staff.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions and temperature controls.
• Direct and assist in cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment, floors, dishes and utensils.
• Check trays for menu and diet requirements and accuracy.
• Ensure proper storage for food and supplies.
• Review and process diet changes and ensure menus are followed.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

2635 Kelley Pkwy
Long Lake, MN 55356, USA

Description

Are you compassionate towards others? Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others? If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently! Our Cook/Chef become family and impact the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. Valora Orono, a new Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Cook/Chef to join our growing team!

Valora Orono is nestled in the pristine Orono community, just minutes from the charm of downtown Wayzata, Lake Minnetonka, and Long Lake. Our community is conveniently located on Kelley Parkway in Orono. We are just a short drive from downtown Wayzata and Long Lake, easily accessible from US-12 / I-394. We help seniors Age Magnificently in our 72- unit apartment-style community providing Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care services. Join our team today!

Position: Cook/Chef

Hourly Wage: $17.50 - $22.50 hourly, depending on experience

Schedule: Full-time, 1.0 FTE (requirement: must work every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday)

Lifespark Benefits Include:

• Annual Reviews/Raises{Shift differentials if applicable}
• PaidTime Off – Vacation Time
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Duties & Responsibilities:

In this position,you willbe responsible forpreparingfoodin accordance withprescribed resident diet specifications, facility procedures, and dietary and sanitary regulations.

Duties include:

Prepare and serve food and mealsin accordance withplanned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, and temperature control procedures.

Direct andassistin cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment and floors,dishes,and utensils.

Check all trays for menu and diet requirements and preference and accuracy.

Ensure proper storage for food and supplies.

Review and process diet changes and ensure menus aremaintainedand followedin accordance withestablished procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

High School Diploma orequivalent.

Experience in a senior living setting is preferred.

Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’sfamilies,and employees.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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