Prep Cook

Job Summary

Join our team at Corewell Health and make a difference in the lives of our patients, guests, and team members through your passion for creating delicious and nutritious food options. As a Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in the preparation and execution of complex hot and cold meals using raw ingredients and commercial cooking equipment. Plus, you'll be responsible for maintaining quality control, safety, and sanitation standards. Attention to detail to ensure the safe preparation of food and attentiveness to special and restricted diets is essential. You'll have the opportunity to showcase your culinary skills and make a positive impact on those we serve every day.

Essential Functions

• Prepares and assembles menu items as assigned. Produces simple standardized recipes for retail and patient food services and prepares raw and dry ingredients to be used by the cooking staff. Includes accurate portioning, wrapping, and finishing work. May include, but not limited to sandwiches, salads, pizza, modified consistency products, bakery, and grill items.

• Sets up and stocks workstation for patient or retail meal service. Provides support for serving areas (retail and patient), ensuring high quality product available and communicating needs to production staff.

• Ensures compliance to modified and restricted diets for patients.

• Ensures high quality food products by monitoring ingredients and finished product to meet established quality standards and portion control prior to service for patients or retail customers.

• Identifies and communicates opportunities for waste reduction, service improvements, and revenue enhancement.

• Maintains, cleans, and sanitizes equipment and work area according to established standards for safety and sanitation. Collects and disposes of trash in work area.

• Applies principles of safe food handling during storage, assembly, production, and service. Records food and equipment temperatures as required. Properly labels and dates products. Monitors expiration dates and disposes of outdated product.

• Communicates effectively within department and with all hospital departments, patients, and staff.

Qualifications

Required

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and communicate effectively in English.

Preferred

• High School Diploma.

• 1 year of relevant experience in food service.

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv

• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!

• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, pet insurance

• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Royal Oak Hospital - 3601 W 13 Mile Road - Royal Oak

Department Name

Cafeteria Mackinac Room - Royal Oak

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Varied

Days Worked

Varied

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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