Cook - Eden Senior Care : Job Details

Eden Senior Care, founded in 2016, is a growing Healthcare Management company, focused on managing and operating Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin Ohio. Our mission with each community is to support their success by providing strong leadership, corporate support, and the resources and tools to realize their goals. Edenbrook Platteville promotes and encourages the success of each of its employees and values the individual experience of its guests and their families.

Friendly Village Nursing and Rehab is part of the Eden Senior Care Network, a skilled nursing facility is seeking for a Full Time PM Cook (11am-6pm) for our wonderful skilled nursing facility!

Summary/Objective

In keeping with our organization's goal of improving the lives of the Guests we serve, the Cook position is responsible for providing nourishing food to Guests, and employees under sanitary conditions as directed and in accordance with established policies and procedures. The Cook will help to ensure that the dietary department is maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner by providing assistance in all dietary functions and providing supervision to all dietary aides.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Provide nutritional meals to guests, staff and visitors as directed.
• Plans meals far enough ahead to minimize the need for food substations.
• Works closely with facility dietitian to ensure meals meet nutritional needs of the guests. Makes changes to meal plans when necessary with approval from the Director of Dietary Services.
• Ensures food supplies are appropriate and places orders when necessary
• Oversees food tray line to ensure trays are prepared according to diet cards in an efficient manner to meet scheduled meal and snack times.
• Provide supervision to dietary aides as directed.
• Assure that established sanitation policies and procedures are followed at all times in accordance with federal, state and local regulations
• Follow established safety precautions when preforming tasks and using equipment and supplies.
• Assure that the work area is clean and free of hazardous conditions such as spills, excess
• Assure that equipment, tools and supplies are properly stored at all times.
• Report all equipment malfunctions and breakdowns to the supervisor and keep the supervisor informed of supply needs.
• Report all hazardous conditions and equipment along with any accidents/incidents to the Dietary Director.
• Maintains the comfort, privacy and dignity of Guests and interacts with them in a manner that displays warmth, respect and promotes a caring environment.
• Communicates and interacts effectively and tactfully with Guests, visitors, families, peers and supervisors.
• Attend and participate in meetings and in-services as directed or scheduled.

Supervisory Responsibility

• This position supervises the Dietary Aide

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping on a regular basis. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items weighing over 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

• This position is part of a healthcare facility that is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Education and Experience

• One year experience as a Cook.
• Food Sanitation Certification.

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