Prep Cook

Job Description

The Prep Cook performs a wide variety of tasks and operations to prepare and cook foods for patients, employees, and others as directed, following standard practices and procedures and complying with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Completes the current meal’s prep before prepping for the following day.
• Prepares food for meals on the correct day at the correct time.
• Ensures that the food is not prepped too far in advance.
• Weighs and measures all ingredients for every recipe, placing them in a safe location.
• Follows established procedures using recipes, yield charts, and equipment operation instructions to produce the best quality of food.
• Follows proper food handling techniques, such as wearing gloves and hair net, washing hands regularly, especially after a trip to the restroom, wearing apron or chef coat, warning fellow employees of hot surfaces and sharp objects, careful to not cross-contaminate or leave a workstation unsupervised to prevent a fellow employee from cross-contaminating.
• Reads ingredients and directions carefully.
• Receives and properly prepares and stores patient menu orders.
• Affords to assist cook as needed when plating food.
• Checks temperatures with cook before food is served.
• Researches and understands sufficiently diets and allergies.
• Affords to assist as manager deems necessary.
• Cleans using sanitation after working at a particular station.
• Warns employees of spills or other hazards.
• Limits food that will be opened and stored in the fridge.
• Cleans while working.
• Takes dishes to the dishwasher and offers to spray them off and cleans stationary equipment for the next user.
• Follows proper cleaning instructions whenever needed.
• Stores all inventory in the correct location as well as replaces ingredients in their correct location.
• Develops ideas that will improve your own job performance as well as others.
• Develops ideas that will improve the quality of food and service to customers.
• Affords to assist with recipe development and testing.
• Attends as many meetings as possible.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years cooking experience preferred.
• Certification & Licensure: Must complete and pass Serve Safe exam.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retail Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.