What are the responsibilities and job description for the Memory Care Cook position at Paddock Springs?
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Key Responsibilities
At Trilogy, you’ll experience a caring, supportive community that values each team member. We prioritize meaningful relationships, genuine teamwork, and continuous growth. With the stability of long-term care, competitive pay, and exceptional benefits, Trilogy offers a work environment where you’re supported, appreciated, and empowered to thrive in your career. If you're ready to join a team committed to your success, Trilogy is where you belong and thrive!
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
The Cook in the Memory Care Neighborhood prepares and serves nutritious, high-quality meals that support the health, comfort, and well-being of seniors living with dementia and other memory-related conditions. In this role, you will create positive, person-centered dining experiences while ensuring meals are prepared, stored, and served safely in accordance with dietary requirements, food safety standards, and community policies. Working as part of a collaborative senior living team, the Cook helps promote resident satisfaction, quality of life, and a welcoming dining environment through exceptional culinary service and compassionate care.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and serve nutritious, high-quality meals, snacks, and special diet items in accordance with resident dietary needs, physician orders, and community standards.
- Create a positive, person-centered dining experience by utilizing dementia-informed practices that support comfort, choice, dignity, and quality of life.
- Ensure food is prepared, handled, stored, and served safely in compliance with food safety, sanitation, infection prevention, and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with the culinary team, caregivers, nurses, and community leadership to support exceptional service and meet residents' individual needs.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized kitchen, food preparation, storage, and dining areas while operating equipment safely and reporting maintenance concerns.
Qualifications
- High school diploma/GED/HSE preferred.
- Previous experience in long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, preferred.
- Must be willing and able to complete the Trilogy Legacy Dementia Education Program during orientation and annually thereafter, as well as maintain competency validation.
Our comprehensive Thrive benefits program focuses on your well-being, offering support for personal wellness, financial stability, career growth, and meaningful connections. This list includes some of the key benefits, though additional options are available.
- Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage – Includes free Virtual Doctor Visits, with coverage starting in your first 30 days.
- Get Paid Weekly Quarterly Increases – Enjoy weekly pay and regular quarterly wage increases.
- Spending & Retirement Accounts – HSA with company match, Dependent Care, LSA, and 401(k) with company match.
- PTO Paid Parental Leave – Paid time off and fully paid parental leave for new parents.
- Inclusive Care – No-cost LGBTQIA support and gender-affirming care coordination.
- Tuition & Student Loan Assistance – Financial support for education, certifications, and student loan repayment.
Since our founding in 1997, Trilogy has been dedicated to making long-term care better for our residents and more rewarding for our team members. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Fortune’s Best Places to Work in Aging Services, a certified Great Place to Work, and one of Glassdoor’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work. At Trilogy, we embrace who you are, help you achieve your full potential, and make working hard feel fulfilling. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to diversity and inclusion, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS (WI, IN, OH, MI & KY): for this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment.
NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS (WI, IN, OH, MI & KY): for this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment.
Benefits:
Health Insurance, Vacation & Paid Time Off, Employee Discounts