Baker

DCH Health System•Tuscaloosa, AL

32d•Onsite

About The Position

Prepares baked goods according to recipes and production specifications. This role involves ensuring proper food preparation, maintaining sanitation, and contributing to production planning to meet daily requirements. The associate will also be responsible for accurate record-keeping, including waste tracking and product shortages. A key aspect of the role is ensuring the quality, presentation, and proper serving temperatures of all food items. The Baker must consistently maintain a calm, accurate, and efficient demeanor during peak production times and adhere to all DCH Standards, including performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial standards, compliance requirements, and behavioral standards. Safety is paramount, requiring the identification and reduction of unsafe practices and risks to promote a safe environment for patients, visitors, and employees. The role also necessitates the use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet, along with adherence to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred; or 1-3 years of experience in a large volume or commercial bakery; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other associates of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
Physical presence onsite is essential.

Responsibilities

Bake breads, pies, cakes, cookies, other pastries, and baked goods as necessary per the provided production and catering sheets, as well as assist in production planning to meet daily requirements.
Ensures proper food preparation by utilizing approved recipes, following prescribed production standards, and use of proper equipment.
Assists with the completion of production records to include waste tracking, used, and unused portions and shortages of product.
Responsible for ensuring proper presentation, food quality, portion control, and maintenance of proper serving temperatures.
Maintains sanitation and orderliness of all equipment, supplies and utensils within work area.
Consistently exhibits the ability to keep up with peak production and service calmly, accurately, and efficiently.
Checks to ensure that all food is presented, served, and displayed per standards.
Completes shift work, as assigned, in a timely and thorough manner in accordance with department standards.
Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
All other duties as assigned.