First Cook (SY)

Shift can be as early as 6am-2pm. Holidays and weekends as operationally needed.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks soups, sauces, meats, fish, vegetables, salads, and convenience foods for patients and cafeteria.
• Removes food such as meats and vegetables from refrigerator and freezers according to amounts needed for each meal.
• Defrosts food following procedures.
• Prepares food for cooking and seasons it correctly.
• Prepares the right amount of food based upon production sheets and cafeteria usage.
• Uses a variety of kitchen utensils such as knives, food cutters, blenders, slicers, mixers, and grinders in a safe and efficient manner.
• Works in a neat, clean, and organized manner.
• Places food in appropriate cooking pans and cooks according to recipe, cooking in small batches.
• Observes and tastes food being cooked to assure good quality, testing by tasting, smelling, and piercing with a fork.
• Cooks food to correct temperature and takes food temperature during various stages of preparation.
• Follows infection control standards, wears hairnet and gloves.
• Utilizes leftovers appropriately and suggests menu or recipe changes to use food before spoiling.
• Utilizes separate cutting boards for poultry, meat, raw, and cooked food.
• Sets up hot food and serving tables, adjusting temperature in steam tables to appropriate settings.
• Sets up hot food at assembly line and ensures correct food temperatures.
• Serves food following portion control guidelines.
• Removes unused food from serving table and warmers, determining whether to discard or store food.
• Wraps, labels, and dates stored food.
• Handles late requests for food in a timely fashion.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Cooking school training, preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years cooking experience in a hospital setting, required.
• Ability to communicate effectively and follow instructions.

Pay

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity).