Cook - Full Time, Days (Bethlehem Campus)

St. Luke's University Health Network • Bethlehem, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cook prepares, serves, and forecasts all items needed for menu services according to recipes and production methods as directed. This role is responsible for preparing all foods, ensuring they are ready for service as scheduled in the proper amounts, and maintaining quality, quantity, and presentation. The Cook ensures all foods are served at the proper temperature and merchandised effectively. They follow recipes, ensure proper portion sizes, and communicate menu items and changes to staff. Additionally, this role assists with general sanitation of the food service department, including cleaning equipment, working in the dish room, and emptying trash cans, while maintaining a clean work area at all times.

Requirements

• Must be able to communicate effectively in English.
• Previous cooking experience, preferably in a hospital or restaurant environment.
• Walking for up to 7 hours, 30 minutes at a time; sitting for up to 1 hour at a time and standing up to 1 ½ hours for 30 minutes at a time.
• Frequently uses handling and occasionally twisting/turning, lifting (1-50 lb.), carrying (1-50 lb.), pushing (1-50 lb.), and pulling (1-50 lb.).
• When performing essential functions, occasionally involves with stooping/bending, climbing, reaching above shoulder level.
• Employee must have the ability to hear normal conversation, have general vision, far vision, and peripheral vision.

Nice To Haves

• High School graduate or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares all foods, ensuring that they are ready for service as scheduled for the scheduled service periods in the proper amounts needed, ensuring quality, quantity, and presentation.
• Ensures all foods presented for service are served at the proper temperature and merchandised in a manner that best enhances the quality of product.
• Ensures recipes are followed and that foods are ready in the proper amounts and portion sizes for service.
• Reviews with staff all menu items to be served as to their content and method of service.
• Alerts the staff to any menu changes in sufficient time for action.
• Reviews all menus for service periods to ensure the necessary preparation in the proper forecasted amounts according to direction, recipes, and portions in sufficient time for ideal service.
• Reviews with the staff the next day’s service and alert them to any changes or special service requirements.
• Assists with general sanitation of food service department including: wiping walls, cleaning equipment, working in the dish room, emptying trash cans etc.
• Cleans and maintains work area at all times.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED