First Cook (SY)

Job Description

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

Prepares and cooks food for patients, cafeteria and hospital functions. Sets up hot food serving tables.

Job Responsibility

• * Prepares soups, sauces, meats, fish, vegetables, salads and convenience foods for patient and cafeteria.
• * Removes food such as: meats, vegetables, etc from refrigerator and freezers according to the amounts needed for each meal and when necessary.
• * Defrosts food following procedures.
• * Prepares the food for cooking and seasons it correctly.
• * Prepares the right amount of food as based upon production sheets and cafeteria usage.
• * Uses a variety of kitchen utensils such as knives, food cutters, blenders, slicers, mixers, grinders, etc in a safe and efficient manner.
• * Works in a neat, clean and organized manner.
• * Places the food in appropriate cooking pans and cooks according to recipe.Cooks food in small batches.
• * Observes and tastes food being cooked to assure good quality.Tests food being cooked by tasting, smelling and piercing with a fork.
• * Cooks food to correct temperature and takes food temperature during various stages of food preparation.
• * Follows infection control standards.Wears hairnet and gloves.
• * Utilizes leftovers appropriately and suggests menu or recipe changes so that foods will be used before spoiling
• * Utilizes separate cutting boards for poultry and meat, raw and cooked food.
• * Sets up hot food and serving tables.Sets temperature in steam tables to appropriate setting.Sets up hot food at assembly line and ensures correct food temperatures.
• * Serves food, following portion control guidelinesRemoves unused food from serving table and warmers.Determines 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.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• 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.

*Additional Salary Detail 
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).