Cook

Become a Cook at Hickory Creek in Columbus today! Now Hiring Part-time Cooks for Days or Evenings Join our culinary team at ASC and play a crucial role in preparing and serving delicious and nutritious meals, while maintaining the highest standards of sanitation and food safety for our residents.

Key Responsibilities of a Cook include :

• Follows recipes and prepares food that corresponds to menus that meet residents’ nutritional needs.
• Cooks or prepares palatable, attractive, nutritionally adequate meals in quantities needed.
• Leads kitchen staff with food preparation, assembling trays, cleaning, and storage of supplies and equipment.
• Maintains a clean food service work area as food preparation and service is in process.
• Handles, stores, and disposes of food supplies, and prepares food in accordance with departmental procedures and in compliance with state and federal regulations. Qualifications :
• Required : High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years related experience and / or training;

or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred : Certification in Sanitation / Safe Food Handling, unless required by State and Federal agencies.

Certifications can be earned while employed with ASC.

Preferred : Prior Institutional and / or Healthcare service experience. What’s in it for you? Cooks are seen as leaders in our kitchen and each Cook makes a direct impact on our residents’ happiness each day.

Our cooks are not only the team members we turn to for great food, but for opportunities to become the next culinary leaders in our communities and across the organization.

Benefits and perks may include :

• Top competitive market wages
• Paid Time Off (PTO), holiday pay and opportunities to earn additional PTO
• Access a portion of your earned wages before payday with PayActiv
• Medical, vision & dental insurance with Telehealth option and flex spending accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan options
• Paid training, skills certification & career development support
• Continued education opportunities with company-sponsored scholarship programs
• Tuition assistance and certification reimbursement
• Lucrative employee referral bonus program
• Employee assistance program & wellness support
• Retail, food & entertainment discounts, and so much more *Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply About American Senior Communities Bring your heart to work! Caring people make the difference at American Senior Communities! Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are the core values for American Senior Communities.

These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., they are our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.

American Senior Communities has proudly delivered patient centered care since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes.

Each of our 80+ American Senior Community is part of the neighborhood in which it exists.

Our leaders and staff live in surrounding areas and know the community well.

As partners in senior care, we are not just doing a job, but following a calling. We are Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories.