Cook I

Fraser Health Authority; New Westminster; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time: four weeks to start

Employer-paid benefits

Municipal pension plan enrollment

Transit subsidy

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority in New Westminster, BC is seeking a Relief Full Time Cook at Royal Columbian Hospital. You will rethermalize and cook items according to established menus, ensuring correct weights, labels and portion sizes for daily and inventory needs.

Under the Head Cook, you will follow recipes, adjust items for palatability, and support menu planning and food production. Requires quantity cooking training and a Food Safe Certificate.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized quantity cooking program.
• Successful completion of a recognized Food Safe Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Cooks or rethermalizes assigned items following menus and recipes.
• Plans daily cooking schedule to minimize time between cooking and serving.
• Prepares therapeutic diet items as needed.
• Carves meat and poultry to ensure portion sizes and yields.
• Prepares, portions and pans items to meet quotas.
• Maintains food rotations to minimize waste and spoilage.
• Labels and stores leftover food appropriately.
• Requisitions and receives stock from internal stores as required.
• Ensures accurate labeling and portioning of ready food.
• Prepares salads, sandwiches and cold plates.
• Contributes to recipe development and menu planning.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Effective communication

Physical stamina

Organization

Equipment operation

Education

Quantity cooking program

Food Safe Certificate

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $29.24 - $29.24 / hour

Job Summary

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We are currently looking to fill a Relief Full Time opportunity for a Cook at Royal Columbian Hospital located in New Westminster, BC. Estimated end date June 30, 2027.

What We're Looking For

• Qualifications: recognized program in quantity cooking and Successful completion of a recognized Food Safe Certificate.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits (eligibility based on employment status), including but not limited, to:

• Four weeks of vacation to start
• Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
• Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
• Maternity top-up (eligibility requirements to qualify)
• 50% subsidy on Translink passes
• *Benefits Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview

Under the general supervision of the Head Cook, the Cook I rethermalizes and/or cooks assigned food items for daily and inventory requirements by following established menus, recipes, quantity quotas and food production sheets. Tests and adjusts food items for palatability. Ensures ready food inventory items are accurately packaged, labeled and stored.

Responsibilities

1. Cooks or rethermalizes assigned food items by methods such as heating, reheating, boiling, frying, grilling, steaming, baking, whipping and deep fat frying to meet daily and inventory requirements. Evaluates final product for palatability, consistency, temperature and adjusts as necessary.
2. Plans daily cooking schedule to minimize time between completion of cooking and serving. Ensures food items are served according to established standards.
3. Prepares therapeutic diet items according to production needs.
4. Carves meat and poultry to ensure recipe yield and appropriate portion sizes.
5. Prepares, portions and pans food items to ensure recipe yield meets assigned quantity quotas.
6. Maintains established food rotations in storage to minimize spoilage and waste.
7. Ensures leftover food is properly labeled and stored.
8. Requisitions and receives stock and supplies from internal stores and fridges as required.
9. Ensures ready food is packaged, labeled and portioned correctly by checking accuracy of weights and labels.
10. Prepares salad and sandwich items and cold plates.
11. Participates in recipe development and menu planning.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Graduation from a recognized program in quantity cooking or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Successful completion of a recognized Food Safe Certificate.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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