Cook

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Attractively prepare meals that are appealing and tasty and served at the right temperature per the menu and schedule
• Prepare special limited diets per policy
• Identify menu errors and makes appropriate corrections as needed, bring the necessary changes to the Director of Culinary’s attention
• Properly store, date, and rotate food per food handling guidelines
• Follow kitchen cleaning schedule
• Relate to residents in a courteous, empathetic, and cooperative manner
• Keep environment safe and clean 
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor
• Carry and posses a working knowledge of community paging system

Uniform Demands:

• Clean white collared shirt
• Chef coat  (we provide)
• Black head cover (we provide)
• Black Pants
• Black closed toe shoes.
• Community wide jewelry and dress policy

Special Demands:

• Must be in good physical and mental health.  
• Must posses an upbeat, positive, flexible, and enthusiastic personality and be congenial with fellow employees, residents, and the public at large. 
• Must be an honest and dependable individual.  
• Must maintain proper hygiene.  
• Must be professional in dress and presentation.  
• Must be willing to be active and on feet during entire work shift. 
• Must be able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing in standard English and use own judgment and initiative in daily activities. 
• Must be a mature individual.  Must posses the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment and perform a variety of tasks, often changing assignments on short notice.  
• Must have strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.  
• Must be detail and team work oriented.  
• Must posses a current CPR/First Aid certificate and update as needed.  
• Must attend required in-services/ workshops to further education of skills and community requirements.  
• Must be Drug free and submit to Urinary Analysis Drug screening upon hire and routinely.  
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check upon hire and as required by state regulations.  
• The employee shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of Fields Senior Living.