Posted: 18-Dec-24
Location: Port Lavaca, Texas
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Internal Number: 530134
About Us
Cornerstone Healthcare Group, based in Dallas, Texas, was founded in 1990 and provides excellent healthcare services to our patients, residents and their families.
Our employees make a difference, join us so you can too! We pride ourselves on our quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence. We treat each employee, patient and resident like we would a member of our own family, and measure our success by the direct impact we have on improving the quality of life for our employees, patients and residents.
Responsibilities:
The Cook is responsible for preparing palatable, nourishing, well-balanced meals to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs for patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs.
The Cook duties include:
The cleanliness and sanitation of the cooking area and stoves.
Preparing, operating, and maintaining all cooking equipment according to Standardized menus.
- Provides instruction to staff/in food preparation and storage.
- Responsible for preparing requisitions.
- Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for use of initiative and judgement.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- $13.00/ HR
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to project a Professional Image.
- Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
- Customer Service skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
- Ability to project a professional image.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (AS-400, Word processing, databases, spreadsheets, etc.)
- Persons who have been found guilty by a court of law of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals in a health care related setting are ineligible for employment in this position.
- Freedom from illegal use of drugs.
- Freedom from use of and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
Education and/or Experience:
- Experience in a health care setting preferred.
- One (1) to three (3) months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- One-year experience as a cook in an institutional food service setting preferred.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Food Certification Completion required.