Cook II Food Services Full Time Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is looking for a Cook II to join the Food Services team. This full-time, day-shift position prepares food for the cafeteria, catering, chef stations, and patient tray lines according to menus and recipes, while upholding Baptist Health culinary standards.

You will deliver high-quality meals quickly, aiming to complete orders within 15 minutes, maintain food safety and proper rotation (FIFO), operate kitchen equipment, and assist fellow cooks.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two-year Culinary Degree preferred.
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Must obtain ServeSafe Food Handler or local Health Department certificate within 9 months of hire.
• Must complete Rouxbe Culinary Training course within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Produce and prepare food for cafeteria, catering, chef stations, and patient tray line/room service programs according to menus and recipes.
• Maintain proper food handling, safety and sanitation standards while preparing, serving, and cleaning up food.
• Assist and mentor culinary staff to ensure all kitchen duties are completed within given time constraints.
• Provides relief for all other cook positions.

Skills

Cooking skills

Knife skills

Mentoring others

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Two-year Culinary Degree

Job description

Summary Job Description: Cook II Food Services- Full Time, Days Status: Full Time Shift: First Job Summary:

Produces and prepares food for cafeteria, catering, chef stations, and patient tray line/room service programs according to menus, recipes and portions appropriately adhering to Baptist Health brand culinary standards. Produces quality food in assigned areas along with patient tray line and or room service, a high paced atmosphere. Meets the standard of food delivery within 15 minutes of the order. Maintains proper food handling, safety and sanitation standards while preparing, serving, and cleaning up food. Ensures proper label and dating standards are followed along with understanding and following food rotation methods like (FIFO) first in – first out. Ensures quality and visual presentation of food in all areas. Must be knowledgeable and possess ability to operate applicable kitchen equipment with working knowledge of food items. Assists/Mentors other culinary staff to ensure all kitchen duties are completed within given time constraints. Assists in other areas of the operation, as needed. Strong cooking and knife skills required. Cook II is responsible for learning and developing skills for safe, efficient, and high-quality food production and service. Provides relief for all other cook positions.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two-year Culinary Degree preferred.
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Must obtain the ServeSafe Food Handlers or local Health Department certificate within 9 months of hire.
• Must complete Rouxbe Culinary Training course within 12 months of hire.

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About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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