- Prepare food following production sheets, standardized recipes and for Residents meal service.
- Review menus before preparing meals, prepares and serve them properly and attractively.
- Check production sheets for food amounts needed.
- Check recipes for ingredients needed and follows standardized recipes.
- Check refrigeration and storerooms to ensure all ingredients are in kitchen.
- Follow all Dept. and D.O.H standards for food safety.
- Check all cooked products with pocket thermometer to ensure food is cooked thoroughly and record temperatures properly.
- Meets time schedule for service of meals.
- Dates, labels and stores food properly.
- Prepares and serve foods for therapeutic diet according to planned menu.
- Confer with Executive Chef or Manager if a food item is not available.
- Perform other tasks as are necessary and appropriate according to job description.
- Responsible for the sanitary and safe handling of food and equipment. Must adhere to mealtime and schedule.
- Extensively stands and walks most of the day.Stoops, reaches, lift carriers, pulls, pushes. Handles utensils with speed and dexterity.
- Elementary school graduation through the eighth grade, plus a formal course in basic cooking principles, and a New York City Department of Health Food Protection Course Certificate; and,
- Two years of full-time, paid experience as a Cook; or, Effective Reissued 7/23/97
- A satisfactory equivalent combination of education, experience and training; and,
- Ability to read and write English and to understand and carry out instructions.
- Two years cooking (large batch cooking) experience, preferably in healthcare hospital environment.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
Cook (Part Time) - New York, United States - NYC Health Hospitals
Description
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur provides primary and specialty outpatient care through its Diagnostic and Treatment Center (D&TC) and residential care for the elderly and infirmed in its 295-bed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Gouverneur recently completed a $250 million modernization project to offer enhanced, cutting edge healthcare services in a state-of-the-art space.NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham, Gouverneur's D&TC is the largest freestanding D&TC in New York, providing more than 250,000 visits per year on the Lower East Side. Gotham Health| Gouverneur provides a comprehensive array of on-site services, including primary care, pediatrics, women's health, dentistry, behavioral health, podiatry, optometry, ENT, digital imaging, infectious disease, and other specialties and sub-specialties. NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur Skilled Nursing Facility provides 24-hour care for individuals in need of short-term, long-term care or hospice care.The facility is rated as a Best Nursing Home by US News and World Report.Post-Acute Care services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and audiology, and vocational rehabilitation.
Duties & Responsibilities