Cook Job Bartlesville area,Oklahoma USA,Restaurant/Food Service

Description

Bartlesville Health & Rehab Community is hiring Cooks to join our dietary team. We are looking for dependable, organized, and caring team members who take pride in preparing meals that are safe, appetizing, and meaningful for residents.

Cooks prepare meals in a skilled nursing and long-term care setting according to menus, recipes, diet orders, portion guides, food safety requirements, and resident preferences. This includes preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, modified textures, therapeutic diets, and special meal items as assigned.

Cooks also help maintain a clean and safe kitchen by following sanitation procedures, checking food temperatures, storing food properly, labeling and dating items, cleaning work areas, assisting with dishes as needed, and reporting supply or equipment concerns.

This position plays an important role in resident satisfaction, nutrition, dignity, infection control, and quality of life. A successful Cook is reliable, safety-minded, detail-oriented, able to follow instructions, and able to work well with dietary staff, nursing staff, residents, and leadership.

Previous cooking or food service experience is preferred. Long-term care, healthcare, school food service, or restaurant experience is helpful. Applicants must be willing to follow food safety, sanitation, infection control, resident rights, and facility policies.

Bartlesville Health & Rehab Community offers a supportive workplace, meaningful work, and the opportunity to make a difference in residents’ lives every day.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

The Cook must:

Demonstrate knowledge of basic cooking, food preparation, sanitation, food safety, portion control, and kitchen safety.

Be able to follow menus, recipes, production sheets, diet instructions, portion guides, tray tickets, and supervisor direction.

Be able to prepare meals accurately and timely for residents with different diets, textures, allergies, preferences, and meal needs.

Be able to safely use kitchen equipment, utensils, carts, cleaning supplies, and food service tools.

Be able to communicate effectively with residents, dietary staff, nursing staff, supervisors, and facility leadership.

Be able to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties, complete logs, understand instructions, communicate concerns, and follow safety requirements.

Maintain required food safety training, competencies, and facility education.

Pass required background checks and meet employment eligibility requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

Previous experience as a cook, dietary cook, healthcare cook, restaurant cook, school cook, institutional cook, kitchen staff member, or similar role.

Previous experience in skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, hospital, healthcare, school food service, restaurant, catering, or institutional food service.

Experience with therapeutic diets, altered textures, thickened liquids, supplements, food allergies, resident preferences, and long-term care meal service.

Food handler permit, Serv Safe certification, or other food safety certification if required by facility policy or applicable requirements.

Experience using production sheets, menus, recipes, temperature logs, sanitation logs, and kitchen documentation.

Required

Skills and Abilities

The Cook should be able to:

Prepare meals safely, accurately, and timely.

Follow menus, recipes, diet orders, texture requirements, portion guides, and food safety procedures.

Maintain high standards for food quality, sanitation, kitchen organization, and resident satisfaction.

Recognize and report food safety concerns, diet concerns, resident meal concerns, equipment concerns, and sanitation concerns.

Communicate…