Cook

Job Description

Position: Cook

Department: Culinary

Community:

Supervisor: Culinary Experience Director (CED)

IMPACT STATEMENT

The responsibilities of the Cook include, but are not limited to, fulfilling the company’s mission, vision,

and core value statements while achieving census, revenue, and profit goals as well as building and

maintaining valuable referral relationships within the senior care community. He or she is responsible

for offering the highest quality of care and complying with AZDHS, county, and city regulations. He or

she is also required to ensure the community offers the highest quality of dining and complies with the

Maricopa County Environmental Health Service’s and as well as the AZDHS health care regulations. The

Cook vital job function is to make sure that revenue, expense, and profit goals are met continuously.

POSITION OBJECTIVES

• Ensure that company’s mission statement is successfully fulfilled

• Meet or exceed financial and census goals

• Succeed in maximizing revenue and minimizing expenses

• Foster a culture of compassion and people-focused care

• Construct positive relationships with all senior-care professionals and in the community

• Build the business for long-term success

• Protect the business from potential liabilities and risks

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The charge of the Cook is to coordinate and conduct the overall dining experience and nutrition of the

residents. This should be accomplished by ensuring that each senior’s daily dietary needs are being met

through meals that are appetizing, nutritious, visually appealing, and prepared according to individual

tastes and preferences, as well as creating a dining environment that is warm, friendly, and inviting.

Culinary Operations

• Communicates and connects with residents to learn their dining tastes and preferences and

ensure the residents are satisfied

• Provides alternate meal choices for each meal in accordance with residents tastes and

preferences

• Adheres to all county health codes and earn E (for excellent) at each inspection

• Complies with all Arizona Department of Health Services regulations• Meets residents special diet needs (i.e., diabetics, mechanical soft, food allergies etc.)

• Follows the posted weekly menus

• Collaborates with the CED on the requisition of products and other necessary food supplies

• Ensures that high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety are always maintained in the

kitchen and dining room(s)

• Establishes controls to minimize food and supply waste and avoid employee theft

• Utilize knowledge about safety, sanitation, and accident prevention principles to ensure food

prep is safe

• Adheres to standard recipes and techniques for food preparation and presentation, which help

to ensure consistently high quality and to minimize food costs

• Consults with the CED as relates to food production and special events being planned

• Cooks or directly supervises the cooking of items that require skillful preparation

• Evaluates food products to ensure that quality standards are consistently attained

• Interacts with CED to ensure that food production consistently exceeds the expectations of

residents and family members

• Adheres to the planned and posted cleaning and maintenance schedule for all kitchen areas and

equipment

• Utilizes locally sourced and organic food whenever possible

Leadership

• Creates a positive environment, which encourages creative, positive problem solving and overall

job satisfaction for team members

• Develops a strong team culture which fosters interdepartmental cooperation

• Demonstrate exemplary attitude, work ethic, and unwavering integrity

• Lead with a servant-leadership style that is inspirational, motivational, and compassionate

Customer Service

• Contribute to an incredible customer experience

• Assist CED in providing training and insight to team members to achieve positive customer

interactions

• Help team members be great with positive attitudes that treat everyone the way they would like

to be treated

SPECIAL DEMANDS

• High school diploma or equivalent

• At least one (1) year of kitchen experience is preferred

• Must have good physical and mental health

• Must possess an upbeat, positive, flexible, and enthusiastic personality and be congenial with

fellow team members, residents, and the general public at large

• Must be honest, dependable, and exhibit unwavering integrity

• Must maintain proper hygiene

• Must be professional in dress and presentation

• Must be willing to be active and on feet during the entire workday

• Must be able to effectively communicate in standard English both verbally and in writing

• Must be capable of following oral and written instructions

• Must have the ability to use own judgment and initiate daily activities• Must be a mature individual

• Must possess the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and perform a variety of

tasks, often changing assignments on short notice

• Must have strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

• Must be detail and teamwork orientated

• Must attend required in-services/workshops to further education of skills and community

requirements

• Must be drug free and submit to a urinary analysis drug screen upon hire and randomly

• Must be able to pass a criminal background check upon hire if not in possession of valid Level

One Fingerprint Clearance card

• The team members shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of American Care Concepts

• Must have the ability to lift, push or pull 40lbs or more

• Must have the ability to bend, stoop, kneel and reach

• Must be able to stand on ones’ feet for a minimum of 8 hours at a time

FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS

• Generate revenue to meet and exceed business goals

• Minimize expense by ensuring community team payrolls are in budget

• Minimize expense by ensuring supply expenses are in budget

• Take action to ensure company is maximizing profits and operating lean

WORKING PARAMETERS

• According to schedule

• Must take schedule lunch breaks

• Extra hours required in accordance with resident and shift needs

• All overtime must be approved by ED

• Clocking in and working, other than what is scheduled or approved by supervisor, is not

acceptable

BENEFITS

• Health Benefits

o Full Time Team Members (30 hours per week) – eligible for benefits starting the 1st of

the month proceeding 60 days of full-time employment

• Paid Time Off (PTO) - for full-time team members (30 hours per week)

o PTO calendar year accrual applied each pay period

Level of accrual- 1.67 hours per pay period (1 week per year)

Calendar year cap of 40 hours

o PTO is accrued from date of hire but cannot be used until after your 90-day

introductory/probationary period

o Accrued PTO is forfeited if employment is terminated, or employee resigns without

proper written notice (14 days)

o Time off requests must be initiated in team member’s individual iSolved account and

approved by supervisor to received PTO. Time off request(s) will be accounted for in

one of two ways:

If there is a positive PTO balance, the missed days will be deducted from that

accrued balance

If there is a zero PTO balance, the missed day(s) will be unpaid PTO timeo If time off is taken without a written approval from supervisor, the time off will be

deducted at a rate of 1.5x from the PTO balance or from employee’s salary (ED and/or

HR Director will determine which)

Termination may result, at the ED and/or HR Director’s discretion, if time off is

taken without proper approval

NOTE: This agreement fully replaces any previous employment agreements, job descriptions,

compensations package, etc.

I understand that discharge may result if the duties and responsibilities mentioned above are not

successfully fulfilled.

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Team Member’s Signature Date

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