Senior Cook

About the role

The Senior Cook prepares and serves high quality and quantity a la carte hot food menu items and baked goods for patients, hospital staff and visitors. Mount Carmel and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, physical disability or any other classification protected under local, state or federal law.

Responsibilities

• Exhibits each of the Mount Carmel Service Excellence Behavior Standards holding self and others accountable and role modeling excellence for all to see.
• For example: demonstrates friendliness and courtesy, effective communication creates a professional environment and provides first class service
• Promotes a Culture of Safety by adhering to policy, procedures and plans that are in place to prevent workplace injury, violence or adverse outcome to associates and patients.
• Relationship-based Care: Creates a caring and healing environment that keeps the patient and family at the center of care throughout their experience at Mount Carmel following the principles of our interdisciplinary care delivery system.
• Produces a la carte foods in a high volume fast paced environment consistently
• Serves meals to patients, hospital staff and visitors following established portioning guidelines.
• Performs all baking functions from production schedule using the prescribed methods of quality and quantity baking procedures set forth in standardized recipes.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: High school graduate or equivalent required. Advanced culinary training from a vocational/ technical school or culinary college preferred.
• Licensure / Certification: Completion of Sanitation Certification Course or ServSafe Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of professional culinary experience. Short order cooking experience preferred.
• Knowledge of food preparation by recipe required.
• Must have a flexible working schedule.