Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Follows the established standardized recipes and monitors food production and waste.

• Prepares the portions of meal items according to menu and diet requirements.

• Reviews menus for special diet needs prior to meal.

• Oversees pre-preparation of food and ensures that meals are properly prepared.

• Monitors tray-line at mealtime to ensure that proper portion control standards, dietary restrictions and dietary supplementation are being adhered to.

• Prepares food to coincide with meal serving hours so that excellence, quantity, temperature and appearance of food is preserved.

• Accounts for proper portion control to ensure adequate nutritional intake.

• Prepares sufficient quantities of food for residents and staff.

• Directs and serves individual portions for resident in dining room and residents receiving tray service.

• Prepares meals for the employee cafeteria to the extent applicable.

• Monitors perishable foods and ensures proper storage and rotation.

• Performs cleaning assignments in kitchen or serving areas as scheduled or directed. Inspects other employee’s deep cleaning; if area is not clean, explain what employee is to use to accomplish this.

• Ensures residents and customer satisfaction according to resident likes and dislikes.

• Demonstrates ability to adjust shift assignments to meet resident and facility needs.

• Supervises and directs dietary aides in absence of Food Service Director or Dietary Supervisor.

• Ensures meals are posted in main Dining Room on a daily basis.

• Maintains proper food and freezer storage.

• Demonstrates proper handwashing techniques.

• Maintains proper food handling techniques and ensures glove usage, as appropriate.

• Disposes of waste properly.

• Understands and maintains kitchen sanitation procedures.

• Ensures appropriate food temperature.

• Other Duties as assigned by Food Service Director or designee.

Education

Required

• High School or better

Skills

Preferred

• Communication Skills
• Documentation Skills
• Timely in providing care

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)