Job Description

Discover the Miravida Difference

Join the team and help shape our senior living community. Your work will contribute to a legacy of love and connection. Your journey with us will not only transform your life but also profoundly touch the lives of those around you.

Who We Are

• Our History: In 1963, in the heart of Oshkosh, a special community took shape: Miravida Living, originally Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh. The journey began with a vision to create a senior living community overflowing with joy and avenues for fulfillment.
• Our Campus: Miravida Living is home to a diverse array of living options, including 55+ Retirement Living at Carmel Residence and Simeanna Apartments; Assisted Living, Respite, and Memory Care at Gabriel’s Villa and Elijah’s Place; as well as Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation at Bethel Home, Eden Meadows, and our Green House Homes.
• Our Beliefs: Our daily contributions shape an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are present every day for our teams and elders. When you join our team, you are united in this effort to create a community that embodies these virtues.
• Our Commitments: We believe every stage of life should be lived to the fullest and have made a commitment to our elders, thoughtfully designing opportunities and initiatives that enrich the mind, body, and spirit of our community members through six key areas:
  • Awaken: Faith and Reflection
  • Connect: Social Engagement
  • Contribute: Sharing and Mentoring
  • Discover: Intellectual Engagement
  • Explore: Environmental Experience
  • Strengthen: Moving and Nourishing

Who We Are Looking For

Everyone on our team plays a crucial role in upholding our beliefs and commitments, and your contributions can significantly enhance our community's well-being. For this role, we are seeking a caring, dynamic Culinary Services Associate ready to bring their expertise and heart to our community. Within the Miravida Living community, you will:

• Engage and Connect: Your interactions will make a profound difference in the lives of our residents, providing care that’s both healing and empowering.
• Lead and Inspire: As part of the team, you will be an example to peers, guiding them in providing top-notch care.
• Grow and Thrive: You will participate in a supportive environment that values your contributions and helps you to develop professionally.
• Embrace Inclusivity: As a team member, you will join a dedicated team that celebrates diversity and prioritizes inclusion in all aspects of our work.
• Well-being Priority: You will contribute to an environment that prioritizes not only the well-being of our residents but also yours.
• Meaningful Contributions: Your journey at Miravida Living is not just a job, but an opportunity to create meaningful connections in an environment of care and respect.

Requirements

Essential Functions

Your daily contributions are key to shaping an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are discovered anew by both our team and the elders we serve.

Responsibilities

• Complete supper meal preparation as directed from Executive Chef or Cook.
• Assist Resident Associates in preparing for serving of supper meal, including setting tables, making coffee, pouring ice water and milk, setting salad on table.
• Function in Position #3 in kitchen (includes coordinating dishing up of meal plates for servers and dishwashing.)
• Ensure special diets and alternate menu selection requests are followed.
• Follow sanitation, infection control, and safety procedures.
• Prepare and/or deliver meal tray to resident apartments.
• Handle food leftovers per defined procedure.
• Complete dishwashing of all meal prep pots and pans and supper dishes.
• Complete kitchen cleaning tasks as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Expectations

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen.

This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours:

· Full or part-time position with rotating shifts, including holidays and inclement weather.

· No travel expected.

Required Education and Experience

· 16 years of age.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of Miravida Living to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Miravida Living will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.