Head Cook
1st Shift Full-time Head Cook
The Oaks at Pleasant Gap has an exciting opportunity for a Head Cook. We are looking for an energetic individual with a sincere passion for working with seniors and providing a quality dining service. The Head Cook reviews menus prior to preparation of food, inspects special dietary trays to ensure they are correct, processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services, and prepares meals in accordance with planned menus. The successful candidate will be able to cook a variety of foods in large quantities and have a current knowledge of dietary procedures as well as related laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to hospital and nursing home operations.
Successful candidates will have:
- A high school diploma or equivalent
- Three years of experience in quantity cooking in an institutional health care setting.
- Current knowledge of dietary procedures as well as related laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to hospital and nursing home operations.
- The ability to push, pull, lift or move a minimum of 50 lbs.
The hours and days of work vary as needed and include weekends. ALSM offers a competitive wage, a Choice Benefits program that allows you to choose how to spend your benefit dollars, paid time off, paid holidays, paid meal periods, uniforms, tuition reimbursement, and more!