Sr Cook - Food Service

About Shepherd Center With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again. Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years. The Senior Cook prepares quality food in accordance with approved recipes for patient, staff, and guests in a sanitary and safe manner. This role collaborates with and at times lead a variety of staff to help ensure nourishing and appealing food offerings, and effective and efficient food preparation JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Plans and prepare food in appropriate size pans and garnishes them to provide an eye appealing product Slices, carves, and portions meats, fish, and poultry in accordance with designated portion sizes Runs food production and tally reports as a guide so that items are prepared according to time required to meet serving schedule and so that foods are acceptable quality Completes food preparation appropriately - reviews menu for the following a 3-day period, pulling appropriate meat items to defrost; completes preparation of items needed for the next day Ensure all Associates adhere to culinary standards and regulations Respond to customer inquiries and concerns personally Adhere to and ensure adherence to all sanitation and safety regulations Ability to apply sanitation and infection control principles Participate and possibly leads any special assignments the organization might require Food & Nutrition Services participate in Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system. Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and policies and procedures related to area of responsibility Performs administrative duties as assigned and/or required REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION Culinary School Degree/Certification or College Degree in a Food Specialty Area REQUIRED MINIMUM CERTIFICATION ServSafe certification required or obtained during first year of employment Culinary Certification REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE 7 years of experience in retail culinary food service REQUIRED MINIMUM SKILLS Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Ability to pass a hospital administered Chef’s test PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Some healthcare food service experience Some electronic production program experience Knowledge of an electronic tray ticket publishing system (i.e., CBORD, Computriton etc.) Knowledge of an electronic medical record system (i.e., Epic) PHYSICAL DEMANDS Lift a maximum of 50lbs Must be able to bend and squat repetitive action Reach above shoulder level repetitive action To use right hand and left hand for repetitive action To perform simple grasping Able to push and pull 25lbs of force maximum Employee must use right foot and use left foot for repetitive action WORKING CONDITIONS Some potential for exposure to blood and body fluids The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, Shepherd Center is ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again. Don't see a specific job that interest you? Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. We’re often recognized among the best employers and as a best place to work. Many of our staff have been here for decades. We have a culture of hope, humor, and hard work that helps patients achieve their highest levels of independence with dignity.