II. Essential Duties & Core Responsibilities

1. Culinary Preparation & Special Diets

• Prepare, season, and cook a wide variety of meats, vegetables, soups, and desserts according to standardized facility recipes and production sheets.

• Strictly follow individualized resident care plans to accommodate special and therapeutic diets, including but not limited to:

  • Texture-Modified Diets: Preparing mechanical soft, ground, and pureed foods to ensure safety for residents with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).

  • Liquid Consistencies: Correctly utilizing commercial thickeners to achieve nectar-thick or honey-thick liquids as clinically prescribed.

  • Medical Restrictions: Preparing low-sodium, diabetic-friendly (no concentrated sweets), he...