Senior Cook

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Banner Boswell Med Ctr (10401 W Thunderbird Blvd) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R4427825
** Primary City/State:
** Sun City, Arizona
** Department Name:
** Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp
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* Work Shift:

** Varied
* * Job Category:
** Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary**  $1,500 Sign On Bonus, requires a 12 month commitment  
** A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

As a Senior Cook, you will plan and execute daily food production, preparing fresh hot foods according to standardized recipes while managing production timing, quantities, and menu substitutions. Key responsibilities include monitoring food and equipment temperatures, maintaining inventory levels, minimizing food waste, and assisting in serving meals for patients, retail dining, and special events while providing premier customer service and supporting team duties including dishwashing, food prep, and restocking.

This position requires a high school diploma/GED and two or more years of production cooking experience with proficiency in commercial kitchen equipment and strong math skills. Prior healthcare experience and high-volume short order cook experience in fast-paced environments are preferred. You will provide leadership to kitchen staff and may function as a lead in the absence of supervisors. The role requires the ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 75 pounds frequently while working in high temperature and humidity conditions.
** Shift Details:
**** Fulltime | 40 Hours/Week
** Varies - 8 hours shifts vary from 4:30am start time and ending no later than 1am.

Banner Boswell Medical Center has provided exceptional health care to the communities in the northwest area of metro-Phoenix for over five decades. Today, our 410-bed acute-care hospital is nationally recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Arizona’s Best Hospitals. Banner Boswell offers a full range of acute care services, including cardiology, vascular, thoracic, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, general surgery, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, emergency, stroke, intensive care, pulmonary, urology, and inpatient wound management.

We've earned the Society of Thoracic Surgeons highest quality award for CABG & aortic valve replacement and the Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center.

POSITION SUMMARY  This position plans daily food production for assigned areas and produces all food items based on information obtained from production sheets, café menus, catering requests, and any other approved source.
CORE FUNCTIONS  
1. Prepares all food items according to standardized recipes. Adjusts recipe quantities for correct yields. Notifies supervisor of any problems relating to production.
2. Plans food production timing and quantities in accordance with the daily orders, menu tally sheets and production assignments. In the event of shortage, determines menu substitutions for regular and café menus. Consults with diet tech or dietician for menu substitution needs for special diets.
3. Minimizes food waste with appropriate planning and tracking. Records food shortages and excess quantities in accordance with department procedure.
4. Checks and logs food and equipment temperatures and reports any problems to the supervisor. Reads thermometers and follows safety requirements.
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. Reports all needed equipment repair.
7. May receive and check in deliveries from vendors and in menu planning. May also oversee production quality when needed.
8. Works under general supervision. Provides leadership and knowledge in cooking and food preparation skills to other members of the kitchen staff. Has primarily inter-department responsibility. May deal with external customers in café or catering work assignments.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS    High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
This position requires the knowledge and abilities in institutional food production normally acquired with two or more years of similar work experience in production cooking, plus a solid understanding of cooking principles, menu substitutions and modified recipes for all commonly prescribed diets. Must have skills and demonstrated abilities in hot food production and the use of all required commercial kitchen equipment.

Must be able to learn and follow established policies and procedures, read and understand written and verbal instruction, communicate effectively, perform math calculations regarding recipe weights and amounts plus calculate amounts of food for necessary production. Must be able to learn food handling regulations and pass…