Cooks Helper - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Full-time day

Provides assistance in the preparation and cooking of food under the supervision of the supervisor, the first cook or the second cook.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Perform various tasks in Food Service Department
• Responsible for receiving food items and supplies as requisitioned and prepares these items for production
• Responsible for assembling and measuring of ingredients as per standard recipe
• Performs butchering duties as assigned
• Notifies and communicate plant hazards to supervisor
• Adheres to established work schedules with regard to work days and job assignment as instructed by supervisor, first or second cook
• Uses various equipment and kitchen utensils while performing assigned task
• Operates equipment in a safe manner and cleans all equipment according to established guidelines
• Maintains compliance with OSHA/JCAHO standards
• Perform duties as assigned: Tasks related to cleaning of work areas, washing of cooking equipment/utensils, sweep/ mop, garbage removal, deliveries and collections of food truck, cashiering, etc.  Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of relatively heavy equipment and supplies.  Working conditions include exposure to heat, steam and hot liquids and temperature changes.  Work in assigned areas including dish room, tray assembly, cold/hot food prep, cafeteria, sanitation.
• Assignments may require use of electronic devices, order taking, prepare menus for production, assemble trays, log requests, enter patient meal preference by using bedside menu entry system hand held device.
• Delivery of trays, retrieve soiled trays, answer pages, remain available to patients at meal times to ensure patient satisfaction, maintain a safe, clean and functional work environment.

Requirements:

• HS Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma
• Computer proficiency, interpersonal skills, ability to perform service recovery necessary to effectively interact with patients and staff, ability to walk to assigned nursing units several times per day.
• Previous hospital Food Service menu processing a plus
• Detail oriented, written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Safe Food Handling
• Focus on Hospital’s commitment to patient satisfaction and ability to enhance patient experience.
• Professional appearance and courteous manner.
• Must have the ability to transport food items and able to walk and stand for long periods of time. 

 

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU Local 144-MSB-NonRN

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from