Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

An Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care Team!

Trinity Health Michigan (THM), one of the nation's top health care services providers, spanning five counties in Southeastern Michigan. THM represents more than 2,700 physicians and 14,000 nurses and staff, and includes 5 Hospitals, 5 Outpatient Health Centers, 8 Urgent Care Facilities and over 25 Specialty Centers.

THM is part of Trinity Health a national Catholic health system with an enduring legacy and a steadfast mission to be a transforming and healing presence within the communities we serve.

As a mission-driven innovative health organization, we will become the national leader in improving the health of our communities and each person we serve. We will be the most trusted health partner for life. Our Core Values, Reverence, Commitment to the Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity guide our behaviors to help us achieve our Vision.

Position Summary:  Cook includes responsibilities at multiple cook/prep stations in the kitchen. Cooks will we cross training and expected to be able to cover any station as needed. These positions are responsible for quantity food production using standard recipes according to forecasted or tallied number of servings.  Modifications of general diet recipes for special diets are adhered to. Quality is controlled using batch-cooking methods and creative uses for left over foods are employed to prevent waste and increase sales.  Cooked foods are prepared in a timely fashion and in sufficient quantities, in order to prevent delays in patient and cafeteria service.  Food must look and taste good.

Qualifications: Able to read and write and perform basic math. Two years’ experience in institutional or commercial cooking preferred.  Some lead cook experience desirable.   

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships.  Approaches conflict in a constructive manner.  Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participates in their resolution.

• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea/Saint Joseph Mercy Health System.  Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

• Maintains knowledge to perform the duties of the job. Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

• Demonstrates self-directed learning.

• Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea/Saint Joseph Mercy Health System.

• Provides quality patient care by considering the age specific, development and cultural needs through competent clinical practice.  Demonstrates unit/area competencies.

• Identifies and assists in resolution of problems related to safety, sanitation and maintenance of the environment.

• Practices effective communication in all interactions (patient, visitor, co-worker, etc.)

• Promotes a positive work environment by demonstrating teamwork.

• Demonstrates knowledge in using food production equipment

• Demonstrates a complete understanding of all departmental policies and procedures.  Department orientation form completed.

• Attends basic food safety and sanitation course.

• For a complete listing of technical skills please refer to individual job description.

• Matches proper cooking method to the type of food to be cooked.

• Arranges food attractively in steam table pans.

• Identifies safety or sanitation problems and assists with resolution.

• Maintains a consistent work-flow.

• Works in collaboration with all production and service staff.

• Reports to work as scheduled.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

Able to read and write and perform basic math. Lifting Requirement up to 30 pounds. Continually Standing Frequently Walking, Lifting, Bending, Squatting, or twisting

This document is intended to describe the generalized duties and responsibilities, the specialized job functions, and the essential requirements of this job.  It is not intended to