Cook

Saint Elizabeth Medical Center•Edgewood, KY

19d•Onsite

About The Position

Engage with us for your next career opportunity. Right Here. Job Type: Regular Scheduled Hours: 40 At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do. St. Elizabeth is hiring a Cook for Edgewood hospital! Evening Shift 40 Hours/Week Includes Every Other Weekend Rotation Prepares food for patients, staff, and catered meals in a safe and sanitary manner. Use standardized recipes, proper portioning, and frequent checking for quality standards.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred
Ability to read with comprehension and follow written and verbal instructions
12 months in food service preparation

Responsibilities

Estimate amount to be served and obtain food from storage areas, convert recipes to yield appropriate quantity.
Wash, peel, cut and prepare raw ingredients.
Use proper knife skills for meats, produce and portion sizing.
Set-up to station to meet service times.
Demonstrate organization and ability to multi-task.
Utilize basic cooking skills such as: sautéing, grilling, baking, steaming, poaching, microwaving and other techniques as required to produce recipes.
Season and cook food according to recipes and/or experience, determine doneness using methods such as tasting, cooking time/temperature, or reading internal temperature with thermometer.
Read and prepare food orders in a timely and accurate manner.
Portion, arrange and garnish food using proper utensils.
Support team production to meet service needs.
Maintain professionalism at all times, including busy periods and emergencies.
Monitor equipment for defects, damage or misuse and report maintenance needs to supervisors.
Maintain equipment for safe and proper use to prevent injuries.
Monitor temperatures of hot and cold food items, properly label, date, rotate, and store all food items according to policy.
Handle ready to eat items applying knowledge of safe service to account for cross-contamination, food allergens, time/temperature sensitivity, and for serving a high risk population.
Maintain clean and sanitary work area by monitoring tables, shelves, drawers, cooking equipment, storage bins, cutting boards, refrigeration equipment, floors, walls, ceilings, trash bins, cardboard, side towels, oven mitts, station cleaning and sanitizing solutions.
Compliance with all local, state, federal and medical center regulatory, safety, sanitation and security standards.
Participate in performance improvement (PI) studies, assist with data collection and supports action plans.
Performs other duties as assigned.