Cook
Job Location: Mystic, Connecticut Apply Via ApplicationEssential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain adherence to posted schedule ensuring to follow proper procedures for requested days off and calling out, and reporting to work at the proper time.
- Maintain proper time-clock procedures to ensure an accurate account of hours worked.
- Report to work in proper uniform (laundered and maintained by employee) to ensure a clean and professional appearance.
- Adhere to all guidelines and procedures for safe food handling, HACCP, and general sanitation.
- Demonstrates customer service skills, treating all customers, visitors, and co-workers with courtesy and respect. Handles all customer issues professionally and uses all options provided to satisfy customer.
- Prepares food products for residents, staff and catered events that meet
standards for quantity and quality and presentation.
- Adhere to proper sanitation guidelines. Ensure all work areas and equipment are clean and sanitized and all stored product is labeled, dated, and properly rotated.
- Assists in inventory, ordering, and receiving of food products as needed.
- Must interact with residents, coworkers, and supervisors in a professional manner.
- Utilize and direct utility staff efficiently.
- Accept critiques and suggestions professionally and use them as a vehicle to improvement.
- Make recommendations with regard to the menu and new food products.
- Reports any safety issues, equipment malfunctions and others to supervisors.
- Ensure proper safe food handling and hand washing procedures are followed, and proper sanitation of trays, work areas and equipment used.
- Attend all mandatory in-services, obligations, and meetings including (but not limited to) HIPPA, Corporate Compliance, AMIS, TB, and The 7 Standards.
- Functions in all other dining services department roles as needed to fill holes in the schedule.
- All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High School Diploma or GED. Completion of Culinary program recommended.
Experience: 1-3 years of experience in the kitchen
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Sanitation certification preferred.
Key Competencies: Knowledge of food sanitation requirements and regulations. Knowledge of culinary terms and procedures.
Provides care and services that demonstrate behaviors and the principles of person-centered care including affording people dignity, respect and compassion, offering coordinated care, support and treatment and care that is personalized.