Lead Cook (Culinary Manager Trainee) at EagleCare LLC in Rochester, Indiana

Job Description:

Lead Cook (Culinary Manager Trainee) opportunity with Hickory Creek at Rochester

Come grow with us!

At Hickory Creek Healthcare, we have a culture of warmth and caring. Our staff feels like a family with each other and with the people for whom they care. It’s a special place for special people.

The goal of Hickory Creek Healthcare is to deliver the best possible long-term care and rehabilitation services to all our residents on a consistent basis every day of the year. To do that, we rely on the strengths and talents of our professional and dedicated employees.

What will you be doing and how will you make a difference?

• Making a difference in the lives of the residents we server by providing them with care and compassion.


• Participate in company-sponsored certification and educational opportunities, with a goal of becoming Culinary Manager.


• Ownership of overall management of the culinary department to ensure the department provides nourishing, attractive, well-balanced meals which meet the daily nutritional needs of each resident, consistent with laws and regulations and accepted nutritional standards while allocating department resources in an efficient and economic manner.


• Supervises culinary servers and cooks, including preparing schedule of hours worked and ensuring job specific orientation has occurred with each new employee. Hires, trains, promote, disciplines, and/or terminates within company guidelines. 


• Communicates with residents to ensure customer satisfaction. Visits new residents to orient them to culinary services offered, and reviews culinary service section of resident handbook. 

Requirements:

• Minimum of one-year Culinary experience.


• Customer Service focused and the ability to demonstrate the core values listed above is a must!

Preferred:

• Certification in a Dietary Manager Course or Associates in Culinary/Hospitality Management


• Current and valid ServSafe Manager’s Food Safety Certificate.

Our commitment to our team members:

• PayActiv – Hourly employees have immediate access up to 50% of your earned pay


• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance available – Plans starting as low as $20 a week


• Employees can access convenient telehealth services


• 401k


• PTO and holiday pay for full time staff


• Workforce Chaplains: Confidential, non-denomination resources available for employees and household family members of employees

We are Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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