Cook - Prineville (Part-Time, Variable)

Typical pay range: $18.66 - $21.87**ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**TITLE:** Cook

**REPORTS TO POSITION:** Food Services Supervisor

**DEPARTMENT:** Food Services

**DATE LAST REVIEWED:** August 15, 2017

**OUR VISION:** Creating Americas healthiest community, together

**OUR MISSION:** In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

**OUR VALUES:** Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

**DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY:** The Food Services Department is a high volume service department that provides world class food and beverage services including patient room service, caf, deli and catering.

**POSITION OVERVIEW:** The **Cook** will prepare appealing, cutting edge foods for patient room service, caf, deli, and catering, according to standardized recipes, established policies and procedures. The cook will ensure the safe and efficient production and storage of all food items using established food preparation techniques. This position does not directly supervise any other caregivers.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:**

Develops recipes and produces food items with attention to quality, forecasted need and healthy choice options. Utilizes standard kitchen equipment (industrial mixers, knives, ovens, fryers, grills and other equipment) in a manner that creates efficiency and high quality food items.

Prepares a wide variety of daily food items utilizing scratch and standard recipes. Utilizes food cooking techniques such as braising, roasting, sauting, and grilling to produce high quality appealing foods.

Ensures appropriate supply of food items are prepared each day.

Establishes and maintains strong relationships and communication with all food service teams to ensure all food items are meeting the needs of the deli, caf, room service and catering.

Develops and utilizes appropriate tools to monitor quality of food items. Implements steps to correct quality issues and ensure the highest quality of food items are always available.

Monitors inventory of food products to reduce overall costs and maximize utilization of space, ensuring adequate supplies are on hand for all cooking needs.

Monitors quality and customer feedback/requests of food items. Implements improvements and recipes to meet hospital quality standards and customer satisfaction.

Stores and handles all food properly following the guidelines of Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP).

Maintains clean work areas, including work surfaces, floors, walls and equipment in compliance with St. Charles Health System standards and Oregon Food Sanitation standards.

Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.

Supports Value Improvement Practice (VIP- Lean) principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.

Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.

Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organizations corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.

Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.

May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

**EDUCATION:**

**Required**: N/A

**Preferred**: High school diploma or GED (equivalent education and experience will be considered)

Additional training or education in food preparation and culinary skills

**LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:**

**Required**: Current county food handlers card required

**Preferred**: N/A

**EXPERIENCE:**

**Required**: N/A

**Preferred**: Minimum 2 years prior cooking experience with emphasis on high volume and line cooking

**PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:**

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

**ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION**

**Skills:**

**General**

Must have excellent communication skills and ability to interact with a diverse population and professionally represent

St. Charles Health System

Ability to multi-task and work independtly

Attention to detail

Strong team working and collaborative skills

Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication and customer service skills, particularly in dealing with stressful, fast paced environment

Basic to intermediate ability and experience in computer applications, electronic email and MS Office applications

**Position Specific**

Basic arithmetic skills to accurately interpret weights, measures and pricing

Advanced knife skills, use of commercial cooking equipment

Knowledge of food service routines, food safety and handling

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**

Continually (75% or more): Standing and walking, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing.

Frequently (50%): Sitting, bending, stooping/kneeling/crouching, climbing stairs, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 11-25 pounds.

Occasionally (25%): Climbing ladder/step-stool, reaching overhead, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle, using clear and audible speaking voice and ability to hear normal speech level.

Rarely (10%): Keyboard operation.

Never (0%): Ability to hear whispered speech level.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

Occasionally (25%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.

Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category

Risk for Exposure to BBP

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Schedule Weekly Hours:

32Caregiver Type:

RegularShift:

First Shift (United States of America)NoJob Family:

COOKScheduled Days of the Week:

VariableShift Start & End Time:

VariablelocationPrineville, ORlocationPrineville, ORlocation4 LocationsSt. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon.

The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.

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St. Charles Health System is required by the Oregon state mandate to ensure all healthcare workers are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have applied for and been granted a medical or religious exception that can be reasonably accommodated for their role.