Dietary Cook

Responsibilities:

• Performs duties associated with meal service to patients, residents, staff and community visitors in a sanitary manner to maintain regulatory compliance with federal, state and local health inspectors.
• Plans work according to census to ensure proper quantities of food are prepared and ready to serve at correct time frames.
• Prepares and serves food according to physician ordered diets by using standardized menus, recipes and diet manual as needed.
• Uses established methods of food preparation and storage to enhance nutritional content, palatability and general acceptance.
• Follows standardized recipes with ability to adjust recipes according to patient volume.
• Follows standardized menus to ensure proper serving sizes are served.
• Ensures correct temperatures of foods served.
• Ensures correct diet and textures are served accurately.
• Follows chain of command within department when concerns arise.
• Ensures proper washing and storage of all items within the department.
• Assumes responsibility for assigned cleaning duties and other duties assigned by supervisor.
• Ability to work responsibly within department in absence of supervisor to lead team through meal service when needed.
• Participates in scheduled departmental and hospital wide meetings and in-services as assigned.
• Responsible for learning department and hospital wide policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• High School graduate or equivalent GED
• At least 1 year of experience preferred