Prairie Bluffs - Chef/Cook Full-time

Prairie Bluffs is conveniently located right off Highway 169 and Pioneer Trail in Eden Prairie. We help seniors Age Magnificently in our gorgeous 140-unit, apartment-style community, providing Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care services. Join our team today!

Position: Full-time Chef/Cook
Shift Available: Monday - Friday 6:30 am - 2:00 pm (every other holiday)
Hourly: $22-$24/hourly, depending on experience
Service Area: Eden Prairie, MN 55347

Are you compassionate towards others? Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others? If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently!

Our Chef/Cook becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. Prairie Bluffs, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Chef/Cook to join our growing team.

In this position, you will be responsible for preparing food in accordance with prescribed resident/tenant diet specifications, facility procedures, and dietary and sanitary regulations. Duties include:

• Prepare and serve food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, and temperature control procedures.
• Direct and assist in cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment, floors, dishes, and utensils.
• Check all trays for menu and diet requirements, preferences, and accuracy.
  Ensure proper storage for food and supplies.
• Review and process diet changes and ensure menus are maintained and followed in accordance with established procedures.
• Ensure that food and supplies are available for the next meals.
• Assist with inventory and storing incoming foods and supplies.
• Report any hazardous conditions, equipment, accidents, and incidents.
• Adhere to universal precautions and sanitary, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in a senior living setting is preferred.
• Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, residents' families, and employees.
• Must possess advanced computer skills, including email use.

• Annual Reviews/Raises{Shift differentials if applicable}
• Paid Time Off - Vacation Time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full-Time Hires
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Referral bonuses
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace - earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare - but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark's full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South - this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you - let's get you hired

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.