Senior Cook FT

About the role

As a Senior Cook at Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland, Wyoming, you will be cooking for patients, visitors, and staff. The hospital provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including an outpatient clinic with over 20 physicians across nine specialties, a recent $16 million renovation adding a new inpatient wing, surgical suite, diagnostic imaging, and enhancements to the emergency department and laboratory. Wheatland offers a quality lifestyle in a close‑knit community located 70 miles north of Cheyenne and within easy reach of Denver, with abundant recreational opportunities such as lakes, Laramie Peak, Medicine Bow National Forest, and the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Responsibilities

• Plans daily food production for assigned areas and produces all food items based on production sheets, café menus, catering requests, and other approved sources.
• Prepares all food items according to standardized recipes and adjusts recipe quantities for correct yields.
• Notifies supervisor of any production problems.
• Plans food production timing and quantities in accordance with daily orders, menu tally sheets, and production assignments.
• Determines menu substitutions for regular and café menus in the event of shortages, consulting diet tech or dietitian for special‑diet needs.
• Minimizes food waste through appropriate planning and tracking; records food shortages and excess quantities per department procedure.
• Checks and logs food and equipment temperatures, reports problems to supervisor, reads thermometers, and follows safety requirements.
• Maintains par levels of food and supplies, orders/restocks items, rotates stock, checks freshness dates.
• Keeps assigned work areas clean and orderly; reports needed equipment repairs.
• May receive and check in vendor deliveries; may assist in menu planning.
• May oversee production quality when needed.
• Provides leadership and knowledge in cooking and food preparation to other kitchen staff.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Two or more years of similar work experience in production cooking, plus a solid understanding of cooking principles, menu substitutions, and modified recipes for commonly prescribed diets.
• Skills and demonstrated abilities in hot food production and use of all required commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to learn and follow established policies and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, communicate effectively.
• Ability to perform math calculations regarding recipe weights and amounts and calculate food quantities for necessary production.
• Ability to learn food handling regulations and pass required certification tests.
• Ability to perform tasks within limited time frames, follow production and cleaning schedules, and use chemicals safely.
• For Banner Staffing Services team members, a food handlers' card is required within 30 days of hire (not required for BSS members in Tucson and Colorado).
• Employees at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at hire and maintain it; must sign an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit upon hire.

Qualifications

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Schedule

Full‑time varied shift position, 32 hours per week. Shifts are either 6:30 am – 3:00 pm or 11:00