First Cook - FT (PHC)

Putnam Hospital Center; Town of Carmel (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a dedicated First Cook for the Diet Department in a hospital setting in the New York area. You will assist in directing, planning, and preparing food across all areas of the department, following approved recipes and rotating tasks to ensure timely meals daily.

Experience of two years as a First Cook is required, with institutional experience in hospital, nursing home, college dining or full-service restaurants preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires two (2) years of experience as a First Cook.
• Institutional experience preferred, including hospital, nursing home, college feeding and full service restaurants.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the directing, planning, supervising and preparation of food for all areas within the Food Service Department.
• Follows planned menus ensuring all menu items are prepared to standards in compliance with approved recipes.
• Performs miscellaneous duties such as cleaning work areas and ensuring sanitation of all equipment within cook's area.
• Fills in within the cook's battery and ensures timely meal preparation.
• Documents temperatures, cook and chill times daily and maintains records monthly per Health Department standards.
• Promotes a safe working environment by following hospital and department policies.
• Demonstrates respect for patients, families, visitors and staff.
• Maintains Northwell Health values and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Job Summary

• Assists with the directing, planning, supervising and preparation of food for all areas within the Food Service Department.

Responsibilities:

• Follows planned menus ensuring all menu items are prepared to standards in compliance with approved recipes.
• Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned such as cleaning work areas, assumes responsibility for the care and sanitation of all equipment within cook's area.
• Fills in whenever necessary within the cook's battery. Assumes responsibility for the proper and timely preparation for meals served on a daily basis.
• Assumes responsibility for the documentation of temps, cook and chill times to be recorded daily and kept on file on-going monthly. Adheres at all times to rotating, dating and labeling according to the Department of Health standards.
• Promotes a safe and efficient working environment by adhering to hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates regard for the dignity and respect of all patients, family members, visitors and hospital personnel.
• Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Values.
• Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred; general knowledge of high school subject matter possibly including sciences, simple medical procedures or terminology or office equipment.

• Experience: Requires two (2) years of experience as a First Cook. Institutional experience required. including hospital, nursing home, college feeding and full service restaurants.
• License: N/A.

Working Conditions

• Physical: Requires light physical effort on a regular basis, as in frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping or reaching and/or occasional lifting of light items (i.e. up to 20 lbs.). Periodic eye or ear strain included in this level (less than 50% of the time).
• Mental: Some irregularity in scheduled hours because of compensated overtime requirements, including weekend rotation, or occasional stress due to periodic or cyclical workload pressures
• Org Unit: 1230
• Department: Dietary
• Exempt: No
• Flat Rate: $22.20 Hourly