Dietary Services Cook

Cook

Louisiana Behavioral Health is a partnership between Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Oceans Healthcare.

• Plans daily cooking schedule to meet deadlines and follows standardized recipes.
• Directs the work of assistants and aides in a professional manner.
• Prepares and serves meals per menus, physician orders, resident preferences, and therapeutic diet spreadsheet.
• Assures food is served as proper temperatures and records these temperatures.
• Makes proper food substitutions within food groups as directed.
• Serves food on tray line at mealtime.
• Cleans, sanitizes, and covers kitchen equipment and follows listed cleaning assignments.
• Prepares for the following day's menu.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Plans daily cooking schedule to meet deadlines and follows standardized recipes.
• Directs the work of assistants and aides in a professional manner.
• Prepares and serves meals per menus, physician orders, resident preferences, and therapeutic diet spreadsheet.
• Assures food is served as proper temperatures and records these temperatures.
• Makes proper food substitutions within food groups as directed.
• Serves food on tray line at mealtime.
• Cleans, sanitizes, and covers kitchen equipment and follows listed cleaning assignments.
• Prepares for the following day's menu.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Completion of culinary school.
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a cook in a nursing home or hospital setting preferred.

Qualifications / Skills:

• Must be able to read and write, follow recipes, use measurements, have basic experience in cooking, and understand the fundamentals of therapeutic diets.
• Should be proficient in performing duties within a three-month time frame.
• Must be able to plan, organize, and meet servicing deadlines.
• Duties are diversified and semi-repetitive.
• Methods and procedures are standardized.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Work Environment:

• Subject to many interruptions.
• This position can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere.
• Work requires spending approximately 90% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Heavy lifting and physical exertion.
• Works in kitchen with temperatures above 90 degrees at times, and exposure to a variety of chemicals.