Are you skilled in the kitchen and ready to take on a new challenge? We're looking for a Part-Time Cook to join our team. In this role, you'll be responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving regular and special diet foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You'll also assist with cleaning and sanitizing food preparation areas and step up to lead dietary functions and staff when the Food Service Director is absent.

What makes this role unique?

As our Cook, you'll need solid food production experience and be accountable for ordering food and supplies. You'll ensure that meals are prepared according to dietary requirements, menu, and recipes set by the Food Service Director and department procedures.

What we need:

• Experienced cook with a good understanding of dietary needs. 

• Ability to maintain cleanliness and sanitation in the kitchen. 

• Strong leadership skills to direct dietary functions and staff when needed. 

• Effective communication skills. 

• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

Why join us?

Join a team where your culinary skills are valued, and there are opportunities for growth. If you're ready to make an impact in the kitchen, apply now!

• Prepares, cooks, and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods, including special diet foods; determines quantity of food required; serves food by portion control honoring dietary orders, likes and dislikes on tray cards.
• Prepares, cooks, and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods, including special diet foods; determines quantity of food required; serves food by portion control honoring likes and dislikes on tray cards.
• Assembles snack carts for delivery.
• Assists with cleaning and sanitizing food preparation areas and equipment used in the preparation of meals.
• Assists in providing training to new food service employees.
• Transfers food items to freezers, coolers, and other areas, as required.
• Answers telephones, takes and/or relays messages, as required.
• Performs other duties of a comparable level/type as required.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Requires a minimum of one (1) years previous food production experience.

• Prior to hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• Safe Serve Certification

• Departmental procedures used in the setup of trays, food portioning, identification of dietary codes.
• Knowledge of foods permitted and allowed on various special diets.
• Fundamentals of food production and operations.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations and requirements pertaining to food handling, sanitation and food production.
• Knowledge concerning the operation of food preparation equipment (e.g. mixers, ovens, steamers, slicers, choppers, etc.)
• Knowledge of cleaning and sanitizing components
• Knowledge of proper food storage and usage procedures.
• Assisting, cleaning and sanitizing food areas, utensils, pots, pans, dispensers, food equipment, food service areas in accordance with sanitation procedures.
• Leading, preparing and following menus and recipes in the baking or preparation of food items and meals. Determines proper quantities and makes adjustments in recipes given menu counts.
• Operating food production equipment.
• Ordering proper quantities of foods and food supplies in accordance with established menus, census and food service practices.
• Monitoring food temperatures and procedures in the assembly, serving and or distribution of meals, snacks or other food items.
• Basic math, reading and writing.
• Storing of food items and rotating of food items.
• Implementing and following departmental instructions and routines in the setup of trays, identifying special dietary tray requirements/codes, food portioning and serving routines of the department.
• Customer relation skills in dealing appropriately with and interacting with residents and staff of the health care center in the exchange of information.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships.
• Ability to follow Dunn County policies and procedures including those pertaining to confidentiality.
• Ability to prioritize and organize job assignments.
• Ability to manage time effectively, manage multiple projects, and complete work within established deadlines.
• Ability to work the allocated hours of the position.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with other staff members, supervisors, and the general public in written and verbal form. 
• English skills (oral, written and comprehension) sufficient to effectively communicate with all internal and external customers.

• Ability to understand and effectively carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Must have ability to work accurately with attention to detail.
• Ability to prepare and maintain accurate and concise records and reports.

• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages.

• Physical effort will typically require prolonged and frequent exertion of objects weighing up to 25 pounds and/or infrequent exertion of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Continuous speaking, hearing and using hands dexterously; work frequently requires sitting; and work occasionally requires standing, walking and reaching with hands and arms.
• Work has standard vision requirements.
• The physical and environmental hazards and risks associated with the job can be characterized as minimal.

• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, moderate traffic).