Cook

Cook

Job Details

Job Location

MANCHESTER, IA

Position Type

Full Time

Description

Good Neighbor Society

Cook

Job Description

Overview of Role / Essential Job Functions

Prepares and services nourishing, and attractive meals and other foods as required to support the menu specific to diet orders and other center events.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.

Resident Rights/ Safety and Sanitation/ Staff Development

Resident Rights

Knows and respects patient rights.

Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential.

Reports all complaints made by patients to supervisor.

Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of patient properly.

Safety and Sanitation

Follows established safety policies and procedures.

Observes safety needs of patient as indicated in care plan.

Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.

Demonstrates job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.

Staff Development

Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training, educational classes and meetings, including safety committee.

Participates in QAA process

Qualifications

Responsibilities

Nutritional Assessment Responsibilities

Reviews menus, patient census information, production guides and pre-prep sheets to determine type and quantities of food to be prepared.

Prepares meal items according to planned menus and standardized recipes; refers to food service director or dietitian the need for menu changes.

Prepares food according to safe food handling guidelines in the GNS Dietary Procedures Manual-Food Service Management and HACCP and state and federal regulations.

Prepares food in a timely manner to preserve food quality and serve meal on time.

Operates a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment such as blenders, mixer, food slicer, steamer, food processor, convention oven, range and tilt skillet.

Prepares consistency modified and diet foods appropriately

Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams food items to prepare for consumption

Completes pre preparation as needed or assigned including washing, peeling, and cutting vegetables and fruits to prepare for use.

Slices meat and measures or weights for menu compliance and nutritional accuracy

Prepares and serves food attractively using gravies, sauces and garnishes as on menu

Tests and observes food by tasting for palatability

Monitors and records food temperatures prior to meal service

Uses nutritionally equivalent substitutes when required and refers to food service director or registered dietitian for approval

Prepares and assists with special function meals

Meal Service Responsibilities

Promotes customer service and patient enjoyment of meals and dining

Advocates for patients to honor their choices in food and dining

Uses menus and tray tickets to serve meals correctly

Meets meal schedules and has meals ready to serve on time

Serves meals attractively using appropriate garnishes, serving utensils and dinnerware

Records menu changes

Food Safety

Use safe food handling techniques as identified in the GNS Dietary Procedures Manual - Food Service Management, HACCP, state and federal codes and regulations

Uses proper hand washing techniques

Thaws food appropriately

Stores food using correct packaging and labeling

Uses gloves appropriately and changes when required

Checks refrigerators and freezers for correct temperatures. Notifies food service director of problems

Follows the cleaning schedule

Cleans the equipment and work area after each use.

Cools, stores, and reheats cooked foods according to procedures

Sweeps and mops kitchen floors when assigned

Takes trash to dumpster if assigned

Washes pots and pans when assigned

Does cleaning assignments

Maintains neat, clean and orderly work areas

Administrative Responsibilities

Assumes responsibility for the department/Kitchen. Serves as Person in Charge

Performs any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required

Authorizes break adjustments and late punches of dietary staff.

Records employee call-ins or absences in ECS.

Education/ Experience/ Physical Demands

Education and Experience

High School diploma, preferred. Ability to read, write and do math needed for recipes required

Two years as cook in a large-scale cooking operation, preferred

Physical Demands

Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighting up to 25 pounds. Standing, stooping, crouching, smelling, tasting, reaching, handling, feeling, color vision.

Working Conditions/ Principal Contacts

Working conditions

Some exposure to disagreeable conditions including odors, infection, illness, and physical contact form disruptive residents

Inside with exposure to heat, cold, and wet conditions

Principal Contacts

Works with dietary staff, elderly residents, families, and other health care staff members

General Requirements

Must be able to execute the terms and conditions set forth in the Good Neighbor Society Handbook, including, but not limited to:

Works in a safety-conscious manner, which ensures that safe work practices are used in order not to pose a risk to self or others in the workplace. Reports any safely violations or hazards to supervisor.

Complies with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal regulations.

Adheres to policy on Drug-Free Workplace

Interacts in a tactful, diplomatic, and humanistic manner with residents, families, visitors, and co-workers to provide a safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective caring environment which ensures the self-respect, personal dignity, rights and physical safety of each resident and facility guest.

Maintains a dependable attendance record and adheres to standards of cleanliness, grooming, hygiene, and dress code.

Takes positive action to ensure equal opportunity in the conduct of all business activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, age, national origin, disability, citizenship, veteran status or any other legal protected category.

I have read/reviewed the job description for the position of Cook, acknowledge that all items are essential to the job, understand what the job demands, and agree that I am able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.