Sous Chef (FT - Days)

• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions
• Estimates daily production needs and communicates production needs to kitchen personnel daily.
• Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitations standards.
• Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations, and flavor.
• Follows proper handling and right temperatures of all food products.
• Maintains appropriate logs.
• Self manages your time to ensure that meal service times are met.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Utilizes batch cooking and made-to-order cooking whenever possible to ensure fresh food products.
• Maintains set par levels of food prep items.
• Follows all recipes, guidelines, regulations, and guides for patient care.
• Understands and produces medical diets and IDDSI diet textures.
• Follows food handling regulations set by CMS and the Clay County Health Department
• Shares in the responsibility of leading production shifts as assigned by dietary manager.
• Coordinates the activities of the cook aides and workers engaged in food preparation when leading the shift.
• Leads production staff while personally preparing food items and executing requests from the Café.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Ensures production staff understand expectations and parameters.
• Leads production staff in appropriate cleaning and organizing projects as necessary.
• Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Interacts with Café guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
• Handles guest problems and complaints.
• Perform tasks using appropriate safety equipment and follow all safety standards.
• Report all issues found that relate to patient care, safety, and sanitation to appropriate authority and direct supervisor.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• 1 year of institutional cooking experience required; Hospital experience preferred.
• Current Clay County food handler's permit or Serve Safe required within 30 days of hire.