Cook - Part Time
Company: Elderwood at Amherst
Location: Tonawanda
Posted on: October 11, 2021
Job Description:
This job is located in Amherst.
Join Our Team: Join our strong and growing company today! Overview:
Elderwood
at Amherst is seeking a full time cook to join our in-house dining
team. Dietary experience inside of a healthcare facility is a
PLUS!
Shift
Options (we have a Full Time & Part Time
Option):
Cook - Position Overview:
- Meal
times are highlights of daily life, and excellent nutrition and
appetite appeal are central to the well-being of residents and
patients. Our chefs, wait staff and kitchen staff prepare and serve
delicious, wholesome menus.
Benefits:
- An excellent
benefits package; including health, dental, and vision
coverage!
- 401K PLUS
Employer Matching
- Access to
Tuition Assistance Programs
- Paid vacations
& holidays
- Uniforms
Provided
About
Elderwood at Amherst
- A mainstay in
the Town of Amherst with easy access from all points in the
Northtowns, Elderwood at Amherst offers skilled nursing, subacute
rehabilitation services and secure memory care. The facility’s
short-term rehab services are nationally-recognized for excellence.
With skilled nursing in a home-like setting, community also offers
a secure memory care floor, where residents with dementia benefit
from Elderwood’s Seasons® Memory Care
Program.
Responsibilities:
- Review menus and production
sheets to determine food quantities needed for regular,
mechanically altered and other special diet
needs.
- Prepare
specified food items, as assigned.
- Test cooked
foods by tasting and smelling samples.
- Ensure that sanitation and
safety standards are met in the preparation, cooking
and production line stages of food
production.
- Maintain
cleanliness and upkeep of specified equipment and the general
kitchen work area.
- Supervise food being cooked;
ensures that food is held and served at
correct temperature.
- Assist with
preparation of and distribution of foodstuffs.
Qualifications:
-
Minimum 18 yrs. age required. High
school diploma or equivalent preferred.
-
Previous food preparation
experience required.
-
Ability to understand and organize
food preparation activities required.
-
Ability to carry out cooking tasks
at a safe and efficient level of performance required.
-
Knowledge of food preparation and
production process necessary.
-
Pride in quality of food and
service necessary.
-
High degree of personal
cleanliness and good hygiene; health status suitable for service of
food required.
-
Respect for residents’ privacy and
rights; respectful and dignified treatment of residents
required.
Elderwood expects all current and new
employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be
required to provide proof of vaccination. Employees may
request a medical or religious exemption from vaccination.
Employee Perks!: 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match, Clean,
Neat & Newly Renovated Facility, Free On-Site Parking, Life
Insurance, Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, NEW Weekly Pay
Schedule!, Point-earning employee reward program: redeem for
prizes!, Quiet suburban neighborhood, Substantial employee referral
program, Tuition reimbursement program, Uniform Provided EOE
Statement: 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.
Keywords: Elderwood at Amherst, Tonawanda , Cook - Part Time, Other , Tonawanda, New York
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