Cook

Full-time Cook For Hospital

Brush, Colorado is home to the Culinary & Nutrition department at East Morgan County Hospital. This position offers a varied work shift within the Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary category. The estimated pay range is $16.89 - $25.33 per hour.

Explore and excel. Operating a hospital is more than IV bags and trauma rooms. One might be surprised by the number of people who work behind the scenes and play a critical role in ensuring the best care for our patients. Apply today.

A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

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East Morgan County Hospital has been part of the community since 1910. Many of our patients know our physicians, staff members and volunteers and have common ties to our community. You will be working with a close-knit team preparing meals and sharing in all responsibilities in the kitchen for Patients, Staff and Visitors.

As a full-time cook for the hospital, you will be joining a team that serves guests, staff and patients. Just as a doctor can prescribe medicine for healing, a cook also assists with patient care. We are wanting someone who has experience as a short order cook, no creative vision necessary, just a passion for cooking. Shift times are 5:30AM 2PM, 7AM 3:30PM, 8:30AM 5PM and 11AM 8 PM. Our cooks rotate all shifts and work 3 out of 6 holidays a year.

Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mia Frahry at Mia.Frahry@bannerhealth.com or call (602) 747-259.

POSITION SUMMARY: This position produces all required food items based on information obtained from production sheets, catering requests, prep sheets and any other approved source. Plans and conducts daily work to meet food production and service time requirements.

CORE FUNCTIONS:

• Prepares and cooks hot and cold food items using standardized recipes and calculates production quantities based on production forecast, tally sheets and catering orders.
• May be assigned to work in the retail cafe grill area, and/or cook breakfast items.
• Records over production and run outs. Writes directions and calculates production quantities.
• Checks and logs food and equipment temperatures and reports any problems to the supervisor. Reports all needed equipment repair.
• Maintains par levels of food and supplies in assigned areas, orders and/or restocks items in accordance with established routines, rotates food stocks, checks freshness dates.
• Keeps assigned work areas clean and in an orderly manner.
• Assists other kitchen and dietary staff as needed and assigned. May oversee the scheduled shift for efficiency.
• Department responsibilities only, normally deals with internal staff. May deal with customers in grill or exhibition position in retail units. Follows established procedures, recipes and work routines under general supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires the knowledge and abilities in institutional food production normally acquired with one or more years of work experience in production cooking. Must be able to learn and follow established policies and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, communicate effectively, and perform simple math calculations. Must be able to learn food handling regulations and pass certification tests as required. Must possess good interpersonal skills and be able to perform tasks within limited time frames. Must be able to follow production and cleaning schedules, use chemicals safely, read thermometers and follow safety requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Additional related education and/or experience preferred.