Job Description:

Come to work for a healthy, fun culinary department that makes a difference in the lives of seniors every day. Bring your passion for food and people and be a part of our Avanti family.

Responsible for food preparation that meets or exceeds hospitality and service standards of Avanti.

Prepare all foods to meet quality, quantity and deadline requirements. Carry through commitment, respect, compassion, dedication, teamwork and quality to our Residents.

Essential Functions:

• Assist the chef in all daily activities
• Assist in all meal room service
• Wash all resident’s dishes during meal service
• Assist in preparing and stocking room service cart and running room service trays as needed.
• Assist in preparation of salads, soups and desserts.
• Maintain or exceed standards of appearance, cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards.
• Practice all safety and loss prevention procedures.
• Attend all in-services as required.
• Responsible for following all local, state, and federal policies regarding food handling.
• Assist with proper documentation of temperature logs, taste panel forms, and cleaning schedules.
• Promote the Vision, Values, and Mission of Avanti Senior Living.
• Other duties as assigned or may be necessary in an organization having overlapping roles and responsibilities.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Willingness to work with the elderly in a senior living environment
• Able to prepare therapeutic/modified diets.
• Able to prepare food in a senior housing environment, which meets or exceeds hospitality and service standards.
• Able to work on all Holidays, and for pre-planned special events.
• Good knife skills and familiar with all cooking methods
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with staff and external constituents.

Preferences:

• Minimum of one-year experience as cook preparing full line of menu items.

Qualifications:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Language Ability:

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally, speaking the primary language of the residents.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Cognitive Demands:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

• Ability to use Microsoft Windows, including Outlook, Word and and Excel
• Ability to use the Internet.

Environmental Adaptability:

• Works primarily indoor in a climate controlled setting
• Possible exposure to unpleasant odors
• Possible exposure to chemicals as identified in the MSDS Manual
• Continuous exposure to clients and/or family members who may be under stress