Cook - Culinary/Nutrition

Full-Time position at Kettering Health Main Campus in Kettering, with varied shifts.

Responsibilities

• Cooks and seasons food for patients, employees, guests, and visitors following established recipes.
• Prepares and stores food in accordance with HACCP principles and applicable food codes.
• Safely uses, cleans, and cares for equipment and work areas.
• Accurately manages position paperwork, including following recipes and production sheets, completing forecasting documents, etc.
• Follows correct hand hygiene procedures, such as washing hands between tasks and using gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods.
• Utilizes appropriate scripting and responds to patients, internal, and external customers to promote collaboration.
• Effectively and safely uses position equipment, performing applicable cleaning and sanitation procedures.
• Correctly date-marks food items, monitors temperature control, and ensures food items are stored properly to use the earliest “use by” dates first.
• Prepares, assembles, serves, cooks, or bakes food and beverages per guidelines and recipes, meeting time deadlines for service.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of one-year cooking/baking experience required.
• Able to read and write English and follow oral and written directions.
• Able to walk and stand for long periods of time.
• Able to work with and around equipment that generates heat, steam, cold, etc.
• Able to follow recipes to prepare food.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of HACCP and applicable food codes.
• Demonstrates appropriate knife skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience cooking from scratch and/or a la carte restaurant experience preferred.

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Safety is our top priority, and we provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.