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Location: 3425 S Clarkson St, Englewood, CO 80113

About the role

The Food Production Specialist is responsible for assisting the Food Service leadership team in implementing a world-class quality food service program. This position is responsible for participating in the daily production and preparation of food for patients, staff, and visitors in the floor bistros and/or main cafeteria.

Responsibilities

• Prepare all menu items for patients, staff, and visitor meals and catering events following all departmental policies and procedures for sanitation, food quality, and presentation.
• Use a variety of large volume cooking equipment including, but not limited to convection ovens, steamers, steam-jacketed kettles, tilt skillet, range, and mixers.
• Ensure high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety at all times including principles of time and temperature and the proper use of gloves.
• Prep food according to prep sheets and/or departmental procedures for all ingredients that can be washed, peeled, cut, and measured in advance.
• Clean and sanitize prep sink after each use.
• Measure, mix, and prepare all menu items using standardized recipes.
• Suggest improvements to standardized recipes.
• Prepare food for special diets including, but not limited to puréed and ground diets.
• Assist in determining production needs using production sheets, historical data and experience.
• Accurately record amount prepared and leftover on production sheets.
• Ensure food is cooked and held at its proper temperature at all times.
• Keep hot foods stored above 140 degrees.
• Keep cold foods stored below 40 degrees.
• Accurately complete temperature logs.
• Schedule and prepare the cooking of menu items that promotes freshness as close to service time as possible and continue to cook throughout service so that no matter what time a guest arrives the food is of maximum quality.
• Communicate with cafeteria and floor personnel to ensure food is available in the cafeteria and floors.
• Transport food to cafeteria and patient floor as needed.

Requirements

• Licensure/Certification/Registrations: None
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: 1-3 years of high volume cooking and/or baking experience required. Knowledge of special diets preferred.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to read and write in English and perform basic arithmetic calculations.
• Maintain strong interpersonal skills and ability to build cooperative working relationships with all staff members, patients, families, and visitors.
• Strong ability to work as a team.
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure and concentrate in a noisy environment.
• Adhere to Hospital and department specific safety standards and guidelines.
• Demonstrate exceptional customer service and interact effectively with patients, families, visitors, staff.

Benefits

• Benefit eligible positions: wide range of outstanding benefits allowing employees to tailor a benefits package.
• Medical insurance: self-funded plan administered by Allegiance Benefit Plans with a CIGNA network, two comprehensive plans.
• Dental insurance through Delta Dental.
• Vision insurance through EyeMed.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts.
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance plans provided and paid for every benefit‑eligible employee.