Cook

Responsibilities

North Star Behavioral Health Systems is seeking an experienced Cook to join our outstanding team. The cook is responsible for participating in the provision of quality meals and nutritional services to patients, staff, and guests.

• Prepares meals for patients, employees, medical staff, and visitors.
• Takes and records meal temperatures at meal time.
• Serves meals to all cafeteria customers, ensuring food is placed on the serving line on time and condiments needed for that meal are set out.
• Accepts and reconciles deliveries and puts away stock; promptly receives deliveries when notified of their arrival, checking product and sending back anything not acceptable.
• Cleans work area as necessary or assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working conditions for all employees are as follows, but not limited to a psychiatric hospital setting; some risk involved in the event of aggressive patient(s); work load may include day, evening, night, weekend and/or holiday shifts. Employees occasionally exposed to blood borne pathogens, and loud noise levels.

Mental demands described herein are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job, but are not limited to the ability to remain calm in a stressful environment; and the emotional stability, physical stamina and agility to handle stress and respond quickly and effectively to emergency situations.

EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS USED:
Stove, trash bins, oven, microwave oven, steamer, toaster, fryer, coffee maker, grill, slicer, food processor, electric mixer, other kitchen equipment.

• High School Diploma. Previous cooking experience required.

• Ability to perform assignments with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions.
• Ability to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific and/or ethical principles.
• Capability of adapting to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis.
• Effective comprehensive reading skills, strong communication skills - both written and verbal.

• Must be able to complete new hire requirements such as State of Alaska Background Check and Drug Testing.
• Must be able to obtain a food handlers card within 30 days of hire.
• Must be able to obtain a Serv Safe certification within 6 months of hire.
• Must be able to demonstrate special training, knowledge and skills specific to cooking and/or program specific competency within the first three (3) months of training.
• Must complete all mandatory in-services annually.
• Must be tested for Tuberculosis with a PPD skin test or chest x-ray upon hire; PPD skin test required annually or chest x-ray annually thereafter.

Requirements include, but are not limited to the ability to communicate effectively with employees; the ability to effectively utilize communication equipment; the physical agility to manage patients (ambulatory, non-ambulatory and physically aggressive); the ability to read, write and spend a great deal of time of a computer.

• Must frequently utilize physical ability for standing for long periods of time.
• Must regularly utilize physical ability for speaking, hearing, and seeing with correction for close and distance vision, color discrimination, peripheral vision, depth perception and focusing ability. Speaking and hearing may be necessary for conversing with and assessing employees.
• May occasionally utilize physical ability for fingering or manual dexterity, repetitive finger motion, lifting or exerting force up to 50 lbs., crouching or stooping and seeing with correction for depth perception.
• Mental demands include but are not limited to emotional stability, physical stamina and agility to handle stress and respond quickly and effectively to emergency situations.
• The worker is subject to odors from paint, carpet adhesives, and other construction and cleaning chemicals used for routine maintenance and building renovation.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available…