Job Description

The Iowa Veterans Home is looking to hire Cook 2s. This position will be responsible for providing leadership and training for backup cooks, Cook 1s and Food Service workers who are serving the meals. You will assist the supervisor by instructing employees, answering questions, and supervising tray line for appropriate serving and scoop sizes, plate presentation and maintaining proper holding temperatures throughout meal service. Provide guidance and direction to back-up cooks on proper internal cooking temperatures, hand hygiene, and sanitation practices to meet food safety standards.

Duties will include training new cook 1 and back-up positions, providing support to cook/staff in planning and food preparation as well as following menu. Assist supervisor in reporting performance concerns and balancing work load.

Hours will be 4:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. OR 10:50 a.m. - 7:20 p.m.

As an employee of the Iowa Veterans Home, you are a State of Iowa employee and eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Insurance-Health, Dental, Life and Long-term disability
• IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
• Paid Time Off—Sick Leave, Vacation, and Family Leave
• Wellness Program

**All applicants are subject to a Criminal Background Check Dependent Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Check.

Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS’s) new vaccine mandate for healthcare workers (published on November 5, 2021 and affirmed by the United States Supreme Court on January 13, 2022), all potential employees of this facility must have received, at a minimum, the first dose of a primary series or a single dose vaccine OR have an approved religious or medical exemption (as determined by the Iowa Veterans Home) OR have documentation reflecting a temporary delay in vaccination (as determined by the agency in accordance with CDC allowances), prior to the start date. Candidates shall coordinate with agency staff to ensure all requirements are met before the individual provides any care, treatment, or other services for the facility and/or its residents.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to two years of full-time work in quantity food production in a commercial, military, hospital or institutional setting;

successful completion of a military, vocational or community college program in commercial cooking and one year of qualifying experience; employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to six months of full-time experience as a Cook 1.

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