Patient-Centric Hospital Cook & Food Service

Memorial Home Services; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Home Services is seeking a kitchen-focused role to prepare, cook, and serve nutritious meals for patients, staff, and guests in a health-care setting. Emphasis on safety, sanitation, and caring customer service.

The role includes following recipes, monitoring temperatures, reducing waste, and assisting in training new staff. Strong teamwork and ability to handle deadlines are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred; two years of quantity food preparation experience required.
• Knowledge of culinary techniques.
• Knowledge of basic food safety, infection control and sanitation; and strong customer service including service recovery.

Responsibilities

• Identifies with and supports the organization's mission and core values (Compassion, Ability, Respect, Excellence, Service).
• Participates in performance improvement and risk management activities.
• Requisitions, prepares, seasons, cooks and serves food; washes, peels, chops, bakes, and garnishes as needed; follows standardized recipes.
• Maintains sanitation and safety of utensils and equipment; keeps area and equipment clean and orderly.
• Cooks for regular and large events; reviews production worksheets to determine quantities; adjusts as needed.
• Controls waste; labels and dates leftovers; rotates stock; reduces waste through inventive use of leftovers.
• Assists other employees and participates in training; may supervise room service and cafeteria staff.
• Promotes good customer relations, greets customers and assists undecided diners.
• Works under deadlines; remains composed and finds solutions; performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Culinary techniques

Food safety

Infection control

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Memorial Home Services is seeking a kitchen-focused role to prepare, cook, and serve nutritious meals for patients, staff, and guests in a health-care setting. Emphasis on safety, sanitation, and caring customer service.

The role includes following recipes, monitoring temperatures, reducing waste, and assisting in training new staff. Strong teamwork and ability to handle deadlines are required.