Title: Cook
Our elite, charming residential aged care facility, Midland Nursing Home, has been caring for the elderly in Perth's East community since 1972. Midland Nursing Home, a part of the St Jude's Health Care Group, strives to feel like home for its residents and our staff are tasked with caring for residents as they would for their own family. Our experience in service delivery is reflected through more than 50 years of maintaining the highest of standards for our residents.
Role Summary
The Cook performs the tasks required in ordering, preparing, cooking, and dispensing various food items for the residents of the facility. The Cook is also responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of culinary utensils, equipment and work areas.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Prepares, cooks, and dispenses soups, sauces, meats, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, salads, salad dressing, fruits, pastries, desserts, breads, and beverages
- Cleans and maintains culinary utensils and equipment and the working area with the assistance of helpers
- Inspects personnel and working areas and maintains safety and sanitation standards
- As required, requisitions, receives, inspects, stores, and inventories supplies
Skills, Attributes and Experience
- Kitchen sanitation and safety measures, including FoodSafe
- Food handling sanitation
- Principles, procedures and equipment used in the storage, care, preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food in large quantity
- Methods and procedures used in the operation, cleaning and care of utensils, equipment and work areas
- Relevant regulations
Midland Nursing Home is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression, then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.