Cook 2--Full Time

Join The Bilh Team

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Contributes to the hospital's mission by preparing nutritional food for our patients, retail services and community services. This staff position will have an impact on patient, employee and visitor satisfaction by providing quality menu options with variety and attention to diet restrictions, allergies and ethnic preferences to make the patient's stay as enjoyable as possible. This full-time position comes with great benefits! Benefits begin on your first day of employment.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off: 28 days a year for a full-time employee for vacation, days off, sick days, holidays etc.

Life insurance

Retirement savings plan (403B)

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter programs

Credit union

Long term disability leave

Qualifications

Education

Required: High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred: Culinary Degree

Experience

Required:

• A combination of 3 years of cooking experience and/or equivalent completion towards a culinary degree
• Experience preparing food from recipes vs. pre-prepared/convenience food

Preferred:

• Experience in an institutional setting with attention to allergy and diet restrictions

Other Skills/Knowledge

Required:

• Basic food safety (HACCP) standards
• For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team
• Capability of managing multiple cooking stations simultaneously
• Must be at least 18 years old

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications

ServSafe Certification

Job Functions

Consistent with the WE CARE principles and inherent in a hospital environment, employees must be flexible in meeting patients' and the hospital's needs. While the list below describes the primary functions of this job, all employees at Winchester Hospital need to recognize that an essential element of their job is the ability to respond to unanticipated and/or changing situations.

As part of the Guest Services/Food Services team, this position:

• Creates attractive daily menu items, accommodating diet restrictions, allergies, and ethnic preferences.
• Prepares food from recipes (scratch-cooking), adjusting recipes to meet volume requirements.
• Creates patient and retail specials to provide our customers with attractive options.
• Accommodates customer requests within nutrition guidelines.
• Anticipates the needs of the customers and operations.
• Orchestrates the flow of the food preparation operations, timing food preparation to meet patient nutrition plans, retail and catering needs. Plans and prepares for the next shift.
• Adjusts volume according to census, retail projections and events to minimize waste and ensure freshness.
• Creates opportunities to utilize left-overs to minimize waste while maintaining the highest quality standards.
• Maintains a clean work area and fulfills daily/monthly cleaning assignments to ensure compliance with high sanitation standards.
• Conducts and documents daily HACCP checks, ensuring food preparation and storage complies with food safety standards.
• Provides input and recommendations toward the ordering process to ensure adequate inventory for menus.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• The employee needs to have the physical and mental abilities to perform the duties of the position listed above using the WE CARE behaviors.
• It is anticipated that employee will have contact with potentially hazardous chemicals and equipment while performing their job duties.
• Operates potentially hazardous equipment.
• The list below is intended to describe the physical and sensory ability requirements of the position; however those requirements may vary, sometimes considerably, based on meeting patient and operational needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer