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About the Role
Join our compassionate team and make a meaningful impact every day by preparing nutritious and delicious meals for our residents. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work with large quantities of food, follow standardized recipes, and ensure proper consistencies and portion sizes while prioritizing food safety. Your attention to detail, organization, and care in preparation will help our residents enjoy high-quality meals that meet their individual needs. We value teamwork, professionalism, and a safe work environment. You’ll help maintain clean, sanitized work areas, assist with training new team members, and support the overall wellbeing of our residents through your work. If you enjoy a fast-paced, rewarding kitchen environment where your skills directly contribute to the happiness and health of others, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities
- Operate, start up, and close kitchen equipment properly, including: steam wells, hot boxes, ovens, stove tops, flat tops, fryers, kettles, steamers, slicer, robo-coupe, blender, and mixers
- Prepare foods with proper consistencies: regular, chopped, chopped meats, ground, puree
- Prepare thickened liquids: nectar, honey, pudding
- Apply safe food preparation and handling techniques
- Use proper portion sizes and scoop sizes
- Demonstrate proper use of gloves and hand washing techniques at appropriate intervals
- Maintain correct cooking, holding, and serving temperatures for food safety
- Follow production sheets and standardized recipes
- Multitask effectively and organize priorities to meet time and temperature control (TCS) standards
- Ensure attention to detail for food quality and presentation
- Apply proper dating and labeling of all food items; implement the 3-day rule daily
- Clean and sanitize equipment, work areas, and other areas per cleaning schedules
- Assist in on-the-job training of new cooks
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor
- Adhere to dress code and time & attendance policies at all times
- Practice safe work habits and follow all facility safety procedures
- Ensure the safety, security, and wellbeing of residents
Requirements
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with staff, residents, family members visitors, government agencies/staff, and the general public.
- Must be knowledgeable of practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
- Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret department programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care.
- Must have patience, tact a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle challenging residents/associates.
- Must be able to communicate with the staff, and other department supervisors.
- Maintains a rapport with the residents and their families.
- Must be willing to seek out new methods and be willing to incorporate them into existing practices.
- Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
- Must attend and participate in continuing educational programs.
- Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
- Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
- Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility.
- May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
- Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
- Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of fifty (50) pounds.
- Must be able to climb stairs.
Skills
- Large-quantity cooking
- Food safety
- Teamwork
- Professionalism
- Attention to detail
- Organization
- Communication
Location
- Lancaster, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 2–5 years of related cooking experience
Education Level
- Cooking school graduate preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $17.00 - $20.00 Hourly
Benefits
- Competitive wages
- Pay based on experience
- Shift differential
- Paid Weekly
- Referral Bonus Plan & other types of Incentives
- Paid Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, based on FT/PT status
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K with employer match
- Premier Third Party Child Daycare Onsite
- Free Access to Employee Wellness Center/Gym
- Uniform Allowance
- Free Parking
About the Company
- Employees are an important part of life at The GreenFields! Not only do they help our residents to achieve their goals, but they also help them to maintain an optimal quality of life. We're looking for caring, compassionate employees to join our team and to help us fulfill our mission to deliver the area's BEST senior care!
- We strive to be an employer of choice
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.