Cook Aide

  • CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
  • Cherokee, North Carolina
  • Full Time
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| COOK AIDE - TSALI CARE CENTER | |

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| Job Code: 2023-09-018 | |

| Department: Tsali Care | |

| FT | |

| /PT Status: Regular Full Time | |

| Salary Minimum 15.00 | |

| Salary Midpoint 16.77 | |

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| Job Responsibilities and | |

| Qualifications: | |

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| **Primary Function** | |

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| Helps cooks prepare residents | |

| nutritionally balanced meals and | |

| snacks, diet orders and follows | |

| daily posted menus in accordance | |

| with specialized resident diets | |

| and according to the program | |

| requirements, dietary policies | |

| and procedures within the CIHA, | |

| OSHA, and N.C. Board of Health | |

| guidelines. | |

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| **Job Description** | |

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| - Receives instructions from | |

| Head Cook for food to be | |

| prepared at the designated | |

| times and assists in | |

| preparation as assigned, this | |

| is inclusive of meals and/or | |

| snacks. | |

| - Collects supplies needed for | |

| recipe from stock and prepare | |

| according to required | |

| procedures, maintaining | |

| health and sanitation | |

| requirements. | |

| - Cleans and maintains kitchen, | |

| storage, and serving area in | |

| sanitary condition according | |

| to health code standards. | |

| - Serves foods in app opriate | |

| manner, utensils, portions, | |

| and temperatures to | |

| residents. | |

| - Washes, cleans and sterilizes | |

| equipment, dishes and cooking | |

| utensils according to | |

| standard procedures. | |

| - Assists cooks in tracking | |

| food and product inventories. | |

| - Assists cooks in maintaining | |

| accurate count of meals | |

| served. | |

| - Assists cooks in compiling | |

| food orders and related | |

| records. | |

| - Assists with other duties | |

| within the facility as time | |

| permits and requested. | |

| - Attends in-service classes | |

| and training as required. | |

| - Performs all duties according | |

| to established safety | |

| guidelines and tribal | |

| policies. | |

| - Performs some aspects of Food | |

| Preparation, Sanitation and | |

| storage. | |

| - Takes oral and written | |

| direction by cooks and/or | |

| head cook. | |

| - Ability to multi-task. | |

| - Performs other duties as | |

| assigned by Head Cook or Food | |

| Supervisor. | |

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| **Education /Experience** | |

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| Prefer High School Diploma or | |

| GED.Training and experience in a | |

| nutrition related field is | |

| required. One to three months in | |

| the position is required to | |

| become proficient in most phases | |

| of the job with prior food | |

| preparation/service experience | |

| sufficient to know the basics. | |

| Satisfactorily completion of the | |

| Food Sanitation Course is | |

| preferred. |
Job ID: 480977993
Originally Posted on: 6/12/2025

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