Cook-South

Community Health Network; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Network in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Cook to maintain proper food production and support patient meals within our hospital-style food service. You will prepare and cook a range of foods, follow menus, and coordinate with supervisors on leftovers and menu changes.

You’ll work in a team to ensure high standards of food handling, cleanliness, and timely service. This is a full-time, rotating shift role with early starts and late finishes, involving service to patients, visitors

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in food services as a cook.
• Must read and understand English, and read recipes.
• Basic arithmetic and record-keeping abilities.
• Ability to operate institutional cooking equipment.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and high-stress situations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain principles of proper food production and related activities.
• Prepare and cook foods, such as meats, soups, sauces, gravies, starches, entrees, vegetables, and special orders.
• Ensure food is prepared according to the menu.
• Confers with supervisors on leftovers and menu changes.
• Maintain high standards of food handling and cleanliness.
• Work with department to provide optimal food, nutritional, and environmental services.

Skills

English proficiency

Multitasking

Teamwork

Stressed-situation handling

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Meat slicers

Mixers

Steamers

Job description

1402 E County Line Rd
Indianapolis , IN 46227
United States

Shift

Variable

Hours

As early as 5am as late as 8pm. Variable/rotating shift

Join Community

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you.

Make a Difference

• The Cook is responsible for maintaining principles of proper food production and other related activities.
• Responsible for the preparation and cooking of foods, such as meats, soups, sauces, gravies, starch, entrees, vegetables, and special orders.
• Responsible for seeing that food is prepared according to menu.
• Confers with supervisors as to the use of leftovers, and menu changes.
• Maintains high standards of food handling and cleanliness in the work area, and is responsible for high standards of personal cleanliness.
• Will work together with the employees of the department to provide optimal food, nutritional, and environmental services to patients, visitors, and staff.

Exceptional Skills and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
• Experience in food services as a cook.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English; must be able to read and comprehend recipes.
• Must be able to use simple arithmetic and keep simple records.
• Must be able to use simple office machines, meat slicers, mixers, steamers, and other institutional cooking equipment.
• Must be able to perform several tasks (assembling trays, reading menus, etc.) at the same time.
• Ability to handle high stressed situations.
• Ability to produce products with last minute notice and be successful.
• Ability to follow instruction and acceptance of guidance.

Why Community?

At Community Health Network, we build teams that deliver exceptional care through empathy, communication and collaboration. We consider ALL an integral part of the exceptional patient experience. We PRIIDE ourselves on not having employees but Caregivers. Join our Community as we make a difference in your community.