Charge Cook

Come join our awesome team as a Charge Cook with Valley Manor Care Center! 

Valley Manor Care Center is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare subsidiary of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

Hourly Pay: $19.40-$24.78 per hour based on experience and includes our Pay-In-Lieu of Benefits option!

Schedule: Fulltime, 7:30am-4pm Monday - Friday with occasional weekends, on call, supervisor role and alternate holiday schedule.

Employer/Employee Benefits (some requires fulltime status):

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Saving Account (FSA) 
• 403(b) - with discretionary contribution 
• Paid Vacation/Sick Time
• Employee Referral Program

Benefits with minimal to no cost to employees (some requires fulltime status):

• Up to 18% Additional base Pay in lieu of waiving benefits - NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRN
• Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness program
• Life insurance (with an option to purchase additional)
• Short term disability 
• Loan program
• NEW! NetSpend – Get paid early: Tap into 50% of your earnings before payday.
• Ministry Program

The Charge Cook will provide quality food service in accordance with all State and Federal regulations and to meet the nutritional and individual needs of the residents.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Friendly and enjoy working with the elderly.
• High School diploma or equivalent education.
• Education in quantity cooking and therapeutic diets preferred.
• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Minimum of one year food service experience in an industrial setting preferred. General knowledge of quantity food preparation and portioned serving required.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with various levels of staff, residents, and family members.
• Numerical ability necessary to make various computations in keeping work record, monitoring inventory control and supplies, and in recipe preparation.
• Possesses adequate strength and endurance to meet the strenuous physical demands of preparing and carrying quantity foods.
• Possesses coordination and dexterity required to prepare food and operate food equipment.
• Able to understand and follow procedures, recipe directions.
• Visual acuity and color discrimination for examining cooked and stored foods; taste and smell discrimination in determining nutritional quality and palatability of foods.
• Works in an area that is often very hot/cold.
• Ability to utilize computers and other electronic devices for tasks such as timekeeping, in-servicing and documentation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• Completes defined food preparation, serving of meals and cleaning duties according to proper procedures, using various food equipment and supplies, as assigned by the Program Director
• Plans and initiates cooking schedule for food preparation to meet meal schedule.
• Prepares, seasons, cooks and serves meat, main dish, soup and vegetable for assigned meal; ensures appropriate portioned servings according to portion control standards.
• Tastes and smells prepared food to determine quality and palatability.
• Monitors temperature of hot and cold foods through food preparation and service to ensure that established temperature goals are met prior to steam table transfer and maintained throughout meal service.
• Stores leftovers properly, plans for use of leftover foods in accordance with State and Federal sanitation regulations.
• Attends required in-services and completed assigned on-line modules.
• Upon hire and annually, complete competency / skills set checklist to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition services department through simulation, direct observation, computer-based learning, written test or documentation review.
• Responsible for daily counts and documenting meals served.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Food and Nutrition Services.

At Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose, CO, our aim is to find friendly and compassionate staff who are specially trained to care for patients' needs as individuals, respect their privacy, and help clients maintain as much independence as possible. While providing care to our patients, we want our staff to feel cared for and love their work while maintaining a work-life balance, so offering employees paid-time off benefits is a part of our comprehensive benefits package Our diverse and involved staff members are supported by the commitment to maintain relationships of functional trust with every team member, to always practice solutions-focused problem solving, and to continually affirm each team member’s contribution to the quality of our work. 

Volunteers of America National Services has been certified as a Great Place to Work for 7 years running by its employees and our employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.

Take pride in helping others and join us today!

At VOANS, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations’ shared commitment to our mission and creates an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best.