Cook

Trinity Health•Hartford, CT

18d

About The Position

Come join the Food Production team at Saint Francis Hospital, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities. Position Purpose: Responsible for the production of quality foods for patients, cafeteria, catering events and satellite services. Performs responsibilities of Third Cook and Lead Cook and provides bake shop assistance as needed to meet operational needs What you will do: Produces food for the patient, cafeteria, catering, and satellite sites Maintains production controls while providing adequate food supplies to assigned areas. Maintains safety and sanitation standards of the department. Contributes to the achievement of excellence following departmental and hospital guidelines. Environmental and Working Conditions: Standing for long periods of time. Bending, lifting (50#). Stressful due to working under peak work demands. Position requires ability to frequently lift light objects more than 20 lbs., perform simple motor skills such as walking and standing for prolonged periods; see objects closely and hear normal sounds with some background noises. Heat, steam, refrigerators, freezers. Typical institutional setting including wet floors, cooking and sharp instruments. Employee may frequently be exposed to sudden fluctuations in temperature; grease or oil, loud noises; high humidity or wetness and burns.

Requirements

Education: High School and Culinary experience desirable (i.e. quantity food production, catered events/baking).
Experience: Minimum of 2 solid years' experience working in institutional production with catered events.
Skills: Excellent quantity production and catering culinary skills. Knowledge of sanitation and safety principles. Must be able to follow written and verbal instructions and have excellent skills in customer service.

Responsibilities

Produces food for the patient, cafeteria, catering, and satellite sites
Maintains production controls while providing adequate food supplies to assigned areas.
Maintains safety and sanitation standards of the department.
Contributes to the achievement of excellence following departmental and hospital guidelines.