Cook

Location
Mystic, CT, US
Employment type
Part-time
Posted
Oct 16, 2026
Last seen
Oct 16, 2026

About the role

12 Hours Day & Evening Shift

“We are committed to supporting our employees with competitive pay, matching 401K retirement plan, work-life balance, and career growth opportunities.”

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Maintain adherence to posted schedule ensuring to follow proper procedures for requested days off and calling out, and reporting to work at the proper time.

- Maintain proper time-clock procedures to ensure an accurate account of hours worked.

- Report to work in proper uniform (laundered and maintained by employee) to ensure a clean and professional appearance.

- Adhere to all guidelines and procedures for safe food handling, HACCP, and general sanitation.

- Demonstrates customer service skills, treating all customers, visitors, and co-workers with courtesy and respect. Handles all customer issues professionally and uses all options provided to satisfy customer.

- Prepares food products for residents, staff and catered events that meet

standards for quantity and quality and presentation.

- Adhere to proper sanitation guidelines. Ensure all work areas and equipment are clean and sanitized and all stored product is labeled, dated, and properly rotated.

- Assists in inventory, ordering, and receiving of food products as needed.

- Must interact with residents, coworkers, and supervisors in a professional manner.

- Utilize and direct utility staff efficiently.

- Accept critiques and suggestions professionally and use them as a vehicle to improvement.

- Make recommendations with regard to the menu and new food products.

- Reports any safety issues, equipment malfunctions and others to supervisors.

- Ensure proper safe food handling and hand washing procedures are followed, and proper sanitation of trays, work areas and equipment used.

- Attend all mandatory in-services, obligations, and meetings including (but not limited to) HIPPA, Corporate Compliance, AMIS, TB, and The 7 Standards.

- Functions in all other dining services department roles as needed to fill holes in the schedule.

- All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: High School Diploma or GED. Completion of Culinary program recommended.

Experience: 1-3 years of experience in the kitchen

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Sanitation certification preferred.

Key Competencies: Knowledge of food sanitation requirements and regulations. Knowledge of culinary terms and procedures.

Provides care and services that demonstrate behaviors and the principles of person-centered care including affording people dignity, respect and compassion, offering coordinated care, support and treatment and care that is personalized.

Day & Evening Shift / 12hrs/wk