Production Worker / Cook

Title: Production Worker / Cook

State Role Title: 79212

Hiring Range: $36,752 - $50,718.00 Salary to Commensurate with Experience

Pay Band: 2

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central State Hospital

Agency Website: csh.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Central State Hospital (CSH) is a 277 bed Joint Commission accredited psychiatric inpatient facility located in Petersburg, Virginia. CSH has proudly been serving citizens of the Commonwealth since 1870, when we opened our doors as the first psychiatric hospital in the country dedicated to the treatment of African Americans. A new and modern CSH is currently under construction on the same property, with a scheduled completion date of 2027.

CSH maintains the only maximum-security treatment facility in the state (111 beds). We also have 166 beds available for individuals in the community who need inpatient care, as well as individuals in the criminal justice system. We believe that treatment should be holistic and focused on the person’s individual needs, recognizing that recovery is not linear or the same for every person. Treatment modalities may include medication, evidence-based group and individual therapy, peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, vocational training, preparation for court, and treatment for substance use.

Job Duties:

Food Production
- Applies knowledge of a variety of food preparation techniques to
prepare quality food items in quantity specified following posted menus
and standardized production recipes for patient meals and snacks,
special activity requests, and special functions with limited supervision.
- Ensures food is prepared following food safety and sanitation standards
and all HACCP guidelines.
- Ensures that all prep work is completed as assigned with limited
supervision.
- Maintains optimum cooking, storage, and serving temperatures
throughout preparation, cooking and serving process per HACCP
guidelines.
- Provides ongoing feedback to managers regarding recipes that
immediately affect quality of food items and service of food.
- Ability to train others in food services to include food handling,
equipment maintenance and safety.
- Performance will be measured by managers’ daily observation/feedback;
Patient tray line monitoring of product prior to service by supervisor on
duty; patient satisfaction survey results.

Handling of Stock, Supplies & Leftovers
- Retrieve food and supplies to meet daily production needs.
- Follows menu, tallies, production sheets and recipes to determine
correct amounts of product needed for daily production with specific
regard to impact of food cost
on overall department budget.
- Keep all perishables at optimum temperatures during preparation and
cooking (HACCP).
- Secures leftovers, properly covering, chilling, labeling and dating
(HACCP).
- Performance will be measured through managers’ daily observation
/feedback; Federal, State, and Local Inspection report results, Patient
Satisfaction Survey, production and Waste Tracking reports.

Special Assignments:
- May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's Required to Perform the Job:
- Ability to perform manual labor and tasks such as bending, stooping, and lifting
- Demonstrate ability to follow written and verbal instructions

Minimum Qualifications

- Experience in food service operation

Additional Considerations

- ServSafe Food Handler Certification

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Central State Hospital only accepts online applications via RMS. Resumes and other documents may accompany the application but will not serve as a substitute for an application. Faxed, e-mailed or mailed applications will not be accepted. Please refer to your RMS account for the status of your application and this position. This posting will remain open for a minimum of five (5) business days.

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