Prep Cook/Baker

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

To safely prepare ingredients required for food service from a sanitary environment. Demonstrates a strong commitment to the philosophy and goals of the mission of Hebrew SeniorLife and recognizes resident/patient dignity and choice in aspects of daily life.  Strives to make every encounter with a resident/patient into a positive and meaningful experience and opportunity, while providing safe and efficient quality of care.

• Completes assignments with minimal assistance and total follow up.
• Exercises initiative, seeking additional tasks and projects from supervisor.
• Accepts assignments readily.
• Ability to read, speak, and understand English to execute food order slips well, while working under pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of proper temperatures of beef, chicken, fish, and reheating of food.

• Responsible to assist for preparation, execution, and overall production of desserts and baked goods for patients, catering events and cafeteria.
• Partially work in cold production kitchen which include salad, deli and special diet, texture modified desserts and texture needs.
• Hands on in production and presentation ensuring all food is being cooked and prepared according standards administered by Chefs.
• Responsible for minimal food waste
• Ensures that the proper amounts of entrees, vegetables, desserts and salads are produced according to the menus and manage daily production sheets in accordance with standardized recipes and preparation methods, portion control, time schedules, and special diet needs.

• 3 years prep cook experience
• Basic computer skills required to access emails and other online resources.
• Must be professional, proactive, collaborative, conscientious and results-oriented individual. Must have an optimistic and positive demeanor, excellent oral and written communication skills, good intuition and able to adapt to changing priorities and display good, sound judgment with a sense of humor. 
• Must be motivated to learn and flexible to change.
• Maintains documentation in accordance with professional standards and guidelines (if applicable).