Report to Manager / Supervisor of Nutrition and Dietary Services; prepare and serves food for the residents; maintain the highest quality standard of food production, cleanliness, and sanitation standard of work area and equipment.
Main Duties
* Prepare, serve meals to residents;
* Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standard of all kitchen equipment;
* Notify Supervisor / Cook if food / supply inventory is low;
* Receive, label, store, and check food and supplies in proper storage areas;
* Prepare food, snack, and dessert for regular, texture modified and therapeutic diets;
* Ensure foods served are palatable and at right temperature with the right portion sizes served;
* Prepare dining areas by setting tables, filling condiment containers and delivering food to tables as necessary;
* Report safety hazards immediately to the supervisor;
* Clean up dining room, wash equipment, collect and remove garage from kitchen;
* Follow the assigned daily cleaning and work activity schedule;
* Attend staff meetings, committee meetings and in-service training as required;
* Assist in updating residents’ nutritional information as assigned;
* Assist in maintaining records for the dietary operation;
* Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* Institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality food service experience
* Or one of the following qualifications:
– students hired on a seasonal or part-time basis, who have successfully completed a food handler training program;
– persons who meet the qualifications as cook; or
– persons who have a post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management or a post-secondary degree in food and nutrition
* Other education requirements are specified in the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021
* Experience working in long-term care/health care setting, institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality food service;
* Good interpersonal and communication skills;
* Bilingual in Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) preferred.
* Able to lift 25 pounds.
* Able to pull/push a 500-pound food warming cart.
* Long periods of standing, walking and repeated bending
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