Cook

Join to apply for the Cook - Full Time role at Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health in Garner, North Carolina.

The Cook implements menus and coordinates food preparation and serves meals. Responsibilities include ordering, inventory and preparing food items for patients, staff and visitors, guaranteeing appealing, nutritious, and high‑quality meals and snacks are served. Preparation and serving activities follow the menus planned, food service policies, sanitary guidelines and food sensitivity/allergy requirements. Cleaning of the kitchen and service areas uses proper infection control procedures.

• Plans and prepares foods in accordance with facility policies, approved dietary guidelines and recipes/menus provided by supervisor or Dietitian.
• Plans individual cooking schedule so all foods for regular and therapeutic menus and special functions will be properly cooked and ready at appropriate time.
• Follows recipes and portioning procedures to prepare meats/entrees, gravies, casseroles, vegetables, soups, salads, and desserts for daily menu.
• Stores and prepares food safely by maintaining accurate temperature logs, keeping hot/cold storage in range, ensuring prompt freezer/refrigeration, stock rotation, labeling/dating food items and discarding out-of-date food.
• Sets up steam table to make them attractive and easily served in standardized portions, labeling food according to modification.
• Prepares leftover food for proper storage, labeled with description of food and date, and assists with cleaning of steam table and pans.
• Directs activities of staff who assist in preparing and serving meals.
• Takes recommended measures to preserve nutritional benefits of food.
• Monitors serving line and may serve foods throughout serving periods to ensure continuity.
• Records equipment and food temperatures and meal counts daily.
• Keeps cooking area clean and orderly, and transports trash to dumpster.
• Cleans and inspects equipment, kitchen appliances and work areas to ensure cleanliness and functional operation.
• Takes inventory of supplies and equipment; checks and inspects food products and supplies as delivered; assists in storage.
• Applies culinary and cooking techniques for special and/or restrictive dietary requirements.

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Two or more years’ experience in food service preparing food for institutions such as school, hospital or cafeteria.
• Secure SERV Safe Certification or equivalent food safety certification required by the state or facility.

Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health is an EOE. Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country.