Cook Postition

We need a positive, compassionate cook for our wonderful residents. The shift is from 7:00am-2:00pm. Come find out why Beehive Homes is the next best place to home.

Some responsibilities include:
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with employees, residents, residents' families, visitors, and co-workers in a professional, confidential manner.
• Initiate and participate in quality assurance and quality improvement activities based on the four components of quality assurance: Quality, Service, Friendliness, and Cleanliness.
• Demonstrate the ability to embrace and project the values of the facility: compassion, positivity, respectful communication, responsibility, trust, community, safety, respect, teamwork, partnership and service, integrity, efficiency, and financial responsibility.
• Provide informative written and oral correspondence to the Manager of Bee Hive Homes and act in an advisory capacity on all food service issues.
• Make informative, decisive decisions and inform the staff of all major changes and/or changes to menu's.
• Communicate accurate and pertinent information to facilitate efficient and optimal resident nutrition.
• Oversee the dietary and food service performance of the facility.
• Assure that standards and objectives for safe food handling are met.
• Apply problem solving and conflict resolution skills where needed.
• Work to establish a group culture to enable Bee Hive Homes to function as a "whole."


D UTIES


The Cook is expected to perform position-related duties that include, but are not limited to :


Dietary
• Prepare nutritious, well-prepared and presented meals on a timely and consistent basis in accordance with written menu, approved recipes, special diet requirements, and number of persons served.
• Ensure food, food preparation, equipment, and storage areas are maintained in accordance with sanitation requirements.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking for completeness and accurateness of the food served.
• Review residents' diet information and care plans and discuss with resident, family, and resident care attendants as necessary to make appropriate changes.
• Monitor portion control guidelines for individual residents.
• Maintain sufficient inventory as specified by state licensure bureau, and purchase food items within budgeting parameters.
• Stock and store food items as specified by state licensure bureau.
• Retrieve dishes and utensils following meals and ensure all dishes and utensils are washed and properly


sanitized.
• Complete substitution log if applicable.
• Post weekly menus.


Regulatory and Legal
• Ensure compliance to policies related to safe food handling and infection control.
• Bring to the attention of Bee Hive Homes Manager any deficiencies that may arise and correct as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with respect to risk management; death, the dying and the aging process; fire safety;


disaster preparedness; residents' rights; and grievance procedures.
• Assist during a state survey or other in-house inspection of records as necessary.


Facility Management
• Ensure optimal maintenance of the kitchen, dining room, and equipment.
• Monitor and maintain food/supply inventory.


E SSENTIAL Q UALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• If needed a certification from a physician, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional to verify no communicable diseases, open skin lesions, or any other health problems that would interfere with job performance.
• No previous felony conviction or conviction for fraud of the federal government.
• Background check (BCI).
• First aid certification.
• CPR certification.
• TB test.
• Food handler permit.
• 18 years of age.
• One year of experience in the food service field preferred.

Skills/Abilities
• Knowledge of the assisted living care industry.
• Excellent leadership skills.