Culinary Associate

Culinary Associate at Hebrew SeniorLife summary:

Culinary Associate at a senior living healthcare organization responsible for preparing, transporting, and serving food according to recipes, portion control, temperature and Kosher regulations while maintaining sanitation standards. Role includes customer service to residents, coordinating pre-meal briefings with care teams, and ensuring compliance with state, federal and facility food safety rules. Requires high school diploma (or equivalent), Food Handler certification within six months, and preferred experience in healthcare food service.

Job Description:

Hebrew SeniorLife employees set the highest standard in our commitment to redefine the experience of aging. With compassion, resilience, and determination, we make a difference in the lives of patients, residents, their families, and the broad senior care community every day. And they in ours as well. These life-changing connections give our work meaning and fuel our desire to advance our potential. To be all that we can be. At Hebrew SeniorLife, that’s uniquely possible. Because here we’re supported to always keep growing. And as we do, so does our collective impact.

Our benefits include:

• Excellent medical and dental benefits, available on your first day for positions over 24 hours/week

• A 403b retirement plan open to all employees, including per diems

• Generous paid time off

• On-site health and wellness programming

• Tuition reimbursement and scholarships

• An employee recognition program

Responsibilities

• Provides outstanding customer service to all who utilize the service of the decentralized dining program.

• Transports food and non-food items to and from assigned unit kitchens as directed.

• Ensures that all food is properly served according to the established recipes, utilizing proper portion control.

• Ensures all foods are held and served at proper temperatures and are attractively presented.

• Conducts pre-meal meeting with care team to ensure they understand the meal’s menu offerings.

• Ensures that all Kosher regulations are understood and followed on kosher units.

• Ensure that all work areas, storage areas, utensils and equipment are cleaned, sanitized and maintained in an orderly fashion according to the latest regulatory (State, Federal and Kosher) requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Degree or Equivalent.

• Food Handler aware certification required or obtained within 6 months of starting the position.

• At least one year in a quality food service operation in a healthcare setting preferred.

Remote Type

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Keywords:

senior living culinary, healthcare food service, food handler certification, Kosher food service, portion control, food safety sanitation, meal service coordination, decentralized dining, resident dining