Cafeteria- Cook 2- 7am-3pm

Description

Cook, 2nd

Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.


A Brief Overview

Performs a variety of tasks and operations to prepare and cook a limited number of food items for meal service, follow standard procedures and practices to comply with regulatory agencies.


What you will do

• Assemble supplies, food and equipment for daily preparation. Setup and prepare equipment for use.
• Follow standardized recipes when cooking. Maintains established procedures in food preparation to achieve goals for quality and nutritional value. Evaluate preparation and recommend changes
• Set-up foods on patient/cafeteria line following written diagrams. Performs tasks as needed to facilitate work flow in kitchen areas
• Maintains established department policies and procedures, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control.
• Alerts Purchasing/Production Coordinator to needs and problems in supplies, equipment and prepared food
• Maintains time and temperature records as required
• Uses equipment properly as instructed based on manufacturer's guidelines
• Uses safety equipment when slicing, dicing, cutting and working with heat
• Assists in care and maintenance of work areas, supplies and equipment.
• Attends in-service meetings as required.
• Demonstrates compliance with Holy Name Hospital dress codes and policies
• Observes Hospital policy concerning Fire and safety regulations, Infection Control Standards, smoking restrictions, telephone usage and other rules governing conduct.
• Reports to work on time at start of shift and after breaks
• Provide proper notice in advance of absence or tardiness

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent Required and
• Trade/Vocational School culinary degree Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• Three years cooking experience, with some Cook Chill experience preferred Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of cooking methods and procedures, kitchen equipment and various types of preparation.
• Ability to stand, bend, stoop on a consistent basis (High proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications

• SAFE Serve Certification Serve Safe Certification Upon Hire Preferred

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.