Cook

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health in Cambridge, MA is seeking a dedicated hospital cook to prepare maternity specials daily, serve patient trays, and assist with cafeteria offerings according to standardized recipes. You will use proper documentation tools within department standards for labeling, dieting, and cooling procedures.

This role requires good communication with physicians and staff, judgment and planning for meal preparations, maintaining a clean, sanitary work area, and helping with special

Qualifications

• Reading and writing skills to understand recipes and instructions.
• Good communication skills for interaction with physicians, administrators, other personnel, and customers.
• Knowledge of institutional-type equipment.
• Judgment and planning skills to make decisions for preparations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and garnishes maternity specials daily.
• Uses proper documentation tools within department standards for labeling, dieting, and cooling procedures.
• Assists others with the preparation of food for special functions.
• Prepares vegetables and/or main entrees for Mount Auburn Hospital patients and Cafeteria following standardized recipes.
• Prepares soup, sauces, and stuffing for patient services.
• Maintains clean and sanitary work area.
• Tests cooked food by taste, temperature, smell, and appearance.
• Begins patient food preparation for the following day.
• Delegates duties to cook's helper.
• Works continuously to improve the total quality of the department and other departments within the institution.

Skills

Reading and writing

Communication skills

Institutional equipment knowledge

Planning/Judgment

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Foods are prepared for all departmental feeding responsibilities. Patient tray line is served following established sanitation procedures.

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepares and garnishes maternity specials daily.
• Uses proper documentation tools within department standards for labeling, dieting, and cooling procedures.
• Assists others with the preparation of food for special functions.
• Prepares vegetables and/or main entrees for Mount Auburn Hospital patients and Cafeteria following standardized recipes.
• Prepares soup, sauces, and stuffing for patient services.
• Maintains clean and sanitary work area.
• Sets up food for try line in appropriate size pans.
• Tests cooked food by taste, temperature, smell, and appearance.
• Backs patient try line on grill/broiler as needed. Follows tally for batch cooking of temperature-sensitive items.
• Uses waste logs to record all leftovers and waste with written plans for utilization.
• Begins patient food preparation for the following day.
• Delegates duties to cook's helper.
• Works continuously to improve the total quality of the department and other departments within the institution.

Required Qualifications

• Reading and writing skills in order to understand recipes and instructions.
• One year of institution-type feeding.
• Judgment and planning skills to make decisions for preparations.
• Knowledge of institutional-type equipment.
• Good communications skills for interaction with physicians, administrators, other personnel, and customers.

Pay Range

$19.68 - $26.49

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled