Cook - Per Diem - Night

About the role

The Cook provides wholesome quality foods to patients and for cafeteria meals prepared according to standards and procedures meeting the established specifications.

Responsibilities

• Customer Service: Delivers the highest level of service to all residents, families and visitors. Follows the Hackensack Meridian Health way and rules of service to ensure satisfaction.
• Regulatory Compliance: Completes all required documentation as per facility policy and procedure and state/federal guidelines. All documentation is complete and accurate, including temperature logs, labeling and dating of foods, and sanitation logs. Achieves and maintains Serve Safe Certification.
• Food Compliance: Prepares or directs the preparation of foods as indicated on the menu using standardized recipes based on standard portion sizes. Follows the first-in-first-out method. Follows all regulations regarding food storage, eliminating waste and leftovers. Ensures residents receive a diet ordered by a physician. Ensures diet consistency and resident requests are accurate and complete. Ensures all food served is tasty, attractive, and garnished. Meal presentation meets facility standards, and is well-cooked, tasty and at proper temperature.
• Sanitation & Infection Control: Checks equipment and cooking areas often to make sure they maintain safety and sanitation requirements. Kitchen is kept clean and follows the assigned cleaning schedule. Handles special projects and rush assignments as needed, in a timely manner.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Requirements

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Prior cooking/culinary experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to follow directions and adhere to a recipe.
• Learns quickly and adapts to changing patient needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in cooking/culinary in a high volume, full service kitchen setting.

Pay

Minimum rate of $25.77 hourly. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The base compensation may vary based on factors including labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget, and grant funding.

Benefits

In addition to compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement benefits
• Shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts (for eligible positions)
• Performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions (for eligible positions)