Home: Southbridge Owen Sound
Location: Owen Sound, Ontario
Position/Shift/Status: Cook (Food Services) – Permanent, Part Time Cook
Offering innovative care and work life balance with consistent 2 week shift rotations, educational opportunities, incentives and competitive wages.
Southbridge Care Homes is looking for a qualified Cook to become part of a dynamic Food and Nutrition Department team, that ensures our Residents are provided with nutritious and delicious meals, that are prepared and served with love. If you are ready to be part of a great team that is passionate about their work and improving the lives of our Residents, this is the role for you!
Reporting to the Dietary Manager, follows established policies, procedures and standards, prepares and serves food for the residents, including the more complex meal preparation for the facility (dinner, sauces, desserts etc.), cleans production area and equipment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Reviews regular and therapeutic menus and sets up equipment and supplies for food preparation. Prepares food and nourishments including evening meal following standardized recipes and production sheets. Provides for prescribed diets, including variations in texture. Ensures meals are served on time, at appropriate temperatures and in portion controlled quantities.
In the absence of the Dietary Manger, decides on menu changes as necessary and ensures that changes are recorded following department procedures.
Monitors quality and quantity of food supplies ordered, proper operation of kitchen equipment and alerts Manager of problems. Recommends corrective action.
Directs Dietary Aides in basic food preparation procedures and in serving activities at meal times; assumes responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Dietary Manager, including staff replacements and service calls for malfunctioning equipment.
Maintains all required records such as menu changes, delivery receipts, temperature checks; cooperates with other departments to meet resident needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
Must meet one of the three (3) following qualification scenarios:
Chef training or culinary management certificate or diploma from a program that meets the requirements of the OLTCH Act, or
Certificate of qualification as a Cook issued by an authority meeting the requirements of the OLTCH Act, or
Post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management or a post-secondary degree in food and nutrition.
Additional qualifications include:
“Red Seal” certification preferred
Experience in institutional large quantity cooking preferred
Ability to work safely, following established safety practices and procedures
Ability to read and write English, and understand moderately complex verbal and written instructions in English
Proven ability to provide direction and lead others within a busy environment.
We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team! Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted.
In Ontario, Extendicare, ParaMed Home Health Care and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodation needs must be provided in advance. To discuss your needs, please contact the individual noted in the posting.
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