Cook

Primary City/State:

Tucson, Arizona

Department Name:

Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

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As the Cook you will prepare fresh hot foods for customers at the bistro/retail dining.  You may also assist in preparing and serving hot foods for patients or other special events.  Prior healthcare experience is a plus as well as high volume short order cook experience in a very fast paced environment. You will support the teams responsibilities with dishwashing, food prep, unboxing foods and supplies, pulling new inventory, restocking shelves while providing premier customer service. 

We are looking for friendly, outgoing, compassionate and respectful team members to help us make a different in our Patients lives! 

This is a 40 hour per week position and 8 hour shifts generally run 5:30am-2:00pm. Weekends are included and days off are generally Tues, Weds or Weds Thurs. Some holidays will also required. You will enjoy a $1/hour weekend shift differential for all weekends hours, plus we offer a 18% night shift differential for hours from 7pm-7am when applicable.

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Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The academic medical center has earned Magnet Recognition becoming the only hospital in southern Arizona to meet the rigorous standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® for nursing excellence. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program.

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
1. Prepares and cooks hot and cold food items using standardized recipes and calculates production quantities based on production forecast, tally sheets and catering orders.

2. May be assigned to work in the retail cafe grill area, and/or cook breakfast items.

3. Records over production and run outs. Writes directions and calculates production quantities.

4. Checks and logs food and equipment temperatures and reports any problems to the supervisor. Reports all needed equipment repair.

5. 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.

6. Keeps assigned work areas clean and in an orderly manner.

7. Assists other kitchen and dietary staff as needed and assigned. May oversee the scheduled shift for efficiency.

8. 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 proc