What You Will Do

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness is seeking a highly compassionate individual who loves making a difference in the dietary needs of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness in our residential facilities. In this vital role, you will be a part of a tight-knit team that works to ensure each and every person in our care lives their healthiest and best life to support them in reaching their goals. The lead cook will be responsible for formulating and publishing the menu, purchasing groceries, and monitoring the activities of others assigned to cooking duties.

Your Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare and serve meals and snacks in accordance with the published menu and recipe specifications and house schedule
• Implement special diets as prescribed by the primary care physicians
• Store, prepare, and serve food in accordance with Health Services Food Sanitation Rules
• Ensure that all dishes are washed and sanitized, and the kitchen and eating areas are cleaned after each meal
• Maintain proper cleanliness and organization of kitchen, walk-in cooler, refrigerator, freezers, and pantry
• Publish Prep/Pull Sheet and Post in Kitchen on a Weekly Basis
• Create menus at least one week in advance and provide a sufficient variety of food as well as taking into consideration resident preferences and requests and religious and dietary needs. File and maintain records of menus, as served for at least 30 days in the kitchen.
• Engage patients in social conversation and provide supportive listening
• Establish and maintain a positive working team environment with all registered nurses, providers, and residential facility staff and treat everyone with dignity and respect
• Participate fully in team meetings, training, and one-to-one supervision
• Provide feedback to oncoming staff regarding resident's interactions, activities, and behaviors at the end of your shift
• Report suspected changes in a resident condition and/or potential crisis situations to the charge nurse or floor lead
• Remain alert and provide direct line-of-sight monitoring of residents as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Your Team

At Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness, we believe a supportive, caring, loved-filled work environment is essential to our mission work. We know this work is challenging at times and extremely rewarding at other times. Due to this, leadership helps you grow in your career and supports you in reaching your full potential. We value life outside of work and family time with progressive benefits and time off. We are here for you so you can be there for the community we serve. Additionally, you will work for an organization that encourages out-of-the-box thinking so we can be innovative in our approach to high-quality mental, behavioral, and developmental disability care.

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to help the people we serve live their best lives and bring hope to them every day. Every employee strives to fulfill our mission of empowering individuals to reach their most important goals. The qualified Lead Cook we are seeking is an individual with the following qualifications:

Required

• A valid driver's license
• A valid Food Handlers Card
• Ability to pass a criminal background check
• Required to work at any residential treatment facility if shift coverage is needed

Preferred

• High School Diploma or GED
• Or, a combination of experience and education in similar types of roles
• Willingness to work morning shifts and swing shifts

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats, including the ability to complete objective, accurate documentation in a timely, consistent manner
• Ability to interact with individuals of various backgrounds, education levels, and socio-economic status
• Must have basic computer skills including the ability to document in an electronic medical record, use electronic time tracking, and the ability to use Google Drive and email
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, comprehend laws, regulations, and policies, and the ability to follow such laws, regulations, and policies and report when they are being violated

The Location

Pioneer Guest Home is a 16-bed residential treatment facility in Enterprise, Oregon for individuals with both physical and severe and persistent mental health issues who need some help with daily care, yet can still be independent at times. This will be your primary work location. This facility provides 24/7 oversight, room and board, all meals, medication management, case management, nursing care, skills training, and activity therapy.

Some of the Vast Rewards for Working Here

As we work to empower individuals to reach their most important goals, we also work to support our team in reaching their full potential both personally and professionally.

• Full support and career resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A supportive, caring atmosphere from leadership and co-workers who value each individual's unique perspective and expertise in providing whole-person care and are encouraged to bring their ideas and solutions to the table so we can act collectively
• Generous, Progressive Benefit Plan - consisting of medical, dental, vision, retirement, life flight membership, life insurance, vacation, and sick leave - with compensation and benefits rated as one of the best for a community mental health program.
  • View our full benefits here

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness is an equal opportunity employer.