Cook (Casual) – Extendicare Preston

Job title: Cook (Casual) – Extendicare Preston

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Cook & Assistant Cooks (Casual) – Extendicare Preston

Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada. Through our network of over 115 senior care and living centres as well as our home health care operations, we are committed to delivering care throughout the health care continuum to meet the needs of a growing seniors’ population in Canada. Our qualified and highly trained workforce of 23,700 team members are united by a dedication to quality care and by our vision of being the best provider of senior care and services in Canada.

Candidates are invited to apply for the above position(s) to work at our LTC home located in Saskatoon, SK.

Reporting to the Food Service Manager, the Cook will be responsible for organizing, producing and distributing food and beverages.

RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Cooking / Food Preparation

• Prepares and cooks vegetables, meats, sauces, soups, desserts for meals and snacks.
• Prepares and monitors special diets (e.g., diabetic, low calorie, gluten free, allergy diets, baby formulas, tube feedings, thicken fluids, low fat, texture modified diets).
• Selects recipes/diet alterations (e.g., consider client/patient/resident preferences).
• Develops and modifies menus as dictated by product availability.
• Reads menus, recipes, food preparation methods; determines quantities of ingredients.
• Develops, tests and adjusts recipes.
• Prioritizes food preparation and cooking tasks.
• Bakes (e.g., pies, muffins, buns, biscuits, cookies, cakes).
• Ensures Quality Control of food production.
• Monitors food production and service standards.
• Ensures and performs temperature audits on food and equipment.

B. Meal Service

• Portions food items and beverages.
• Serves meals and nourishments.
• Tray assembly.

C. Clean/Sanitize/Disassemble

• Cleans and sanitizes work area, equipment, floors.
• Clears and sanitizes tables.
• Disassembles cafeteria items and puts away.
• Pre-cleans and/or washes dishes, pots and pans.
• Collects and disposes of wastes.

D. Related Key Work Activities

• Locks/unlocks kitchen, freezer and fridge doors.
• Orders, receives, rotates and maintains inventory.
• Provides occasional guidance and training to other staff.
• Provides catering services and plans special occasions (e.g., Christmas event meals/snacks).
• May schedule and replace staff.
• Cashier services.
• Deliver/pick-up trays.
• Calibrate thermometers

QUALIFICATIONS

• Red Seal certified – mandatory
• Journeyperson Cook certificate
• Basic computer skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Ability to work independently
• Food Safe certificate
• Valid driver’s license, where required by the job
• Six (6) months on-the-job experience to become familiar with timelines, special diets, large quantity food production and department policies and procedures.

CLOSING DATE: August 19, 2022

Interested applicants may forward their resume in confidence to the attention of:

Gayle Penner, Administrator

Extendicare recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, patients, team members and visitors from COVID-19. As such, subject to medical exemptions, a condition of employment with Extendicare is requiring that all new hires have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.

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