First Cook (SY)

Northwell Health; Syosset (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a dedicated hospital cook to prepare and serve meals for patients, cafeteria, and hospital functions. You will set up hot food tables, ensure proper temperatures, and follow infection control standards in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires high school diploma, 5+ years hospital cooking experience, and strong communication skills; shift may start as early as 6am, including holidays and weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required. Cooking school training, preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years cooking experience in a hospital setting, required.
• Ability to communicate effectively and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Prepares soups, sauces, meats, fish, vegetables, salads and convenience foods for patient and cafeteria.
• Removes food from refrigerator/freezers according to amounts needed for each meal.
• Defrosts food following procedures.
• Prepares food for cooking and seasons correctly.
• Sets up hot food serving tables and ensures correct temperatures.
• Cooks food in small batches and tests quality by tasting and observing.

Skills

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Holidays and weekends as operationally needed. Shift can be as early as 6am-2pm.

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Job Description

Holidays and weekends as operationally needed. Shift can be as early as 6am-2pm.

Prepares and cooks food for patients, cafeteria and hospital functions. Sets up hot food serving tables.

Job Responsibility

• * Prepares soups, sauces, meats, fish, vegetables, salads and convenience foods for patient and cafeteria.
• * Removes food such as: meats, vegetables, etc from refrigerator and freezers according to the amounts needed for each meal and when necessary.
• * Defrosts food following procedures.
• * Prepares the food for cooking and seasons it correctly.
• * Prepares the right amount of food as based upon production sheets and cafeteria usage.
• * Uses a variety of kitchen utensils such as knives, food cutters, blenders, slicers, mixers, grinders, etc in a safe and efficient manner.
• * Works in a neat, clean and organized manner.
• * Places the food in appropriate cooking pans and cooks according to recipe.Cooks food in small batches.
• * Observes and tastes food being cooked to assure good quality.Tests food being cooked by tasting, smelling and piercing with a fork.
• * Cooks food to correct temperature and takes food temperature during various stages of food preparation.
• * Follows infection control standards.Wears hairnet and gloves.
• * Utilizes leftovers appropriately and suggests menu or recipe changes so that foods will be used before spoiling
• * Utilizes separate cutting boards for poultry and meat, raw and cooked food.
• * Sets up hot food and serving tables.Sets temperature in steam tables to appropriate setting.Sets up hot food at assembly line and ensures correct food temperatures.
• * Serves food, following portion control guidelinesRemoves unused food from serving table and warmers.Determines whether to discard or store food.
• * Wraps, labels, and dates stored food.Handles late requests for food in a timely fashion.
• * Performs related duties, as required.
• * ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required. Cooking school training, preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years cooking experience in a hospital setting, required.
• Ability to communicate effectively and follow instructions.
• Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).