What are the responsibilities and job description for the Prep Cook - Dining Services III - Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (South Denver) position at State of Colorado?
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The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHIFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds and over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.
Through our core values listed below, CMHIFL staff is committed to:
- Individual dignity and respect
- Person-centered, evidence-based care
- Trauma-informed recovery
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Diversity and inclusion
- Strong family and community partnerships
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The Nutrition Services Department provides quality meals and medical nutrition therapy to patients in a mental health facility. Meals meet the nutritional, medical, spiritual, cultural, and mental health needs of the patient population and are prepared in a manner that meets established standards.
Purpose of this position:
This position performs work in food handling, serving, production, cleaning, safety, and sanitation. This includes preparing, seasoning, and cooking regular and modified meals using standardized recipes and a variety of commercial food service equipment. This position also cleans and sanitizes dishes, pots/pans, equipment, production areas, dining room, and other department areas. All work performed by this position adheres to federal, state, and local regulations, Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHIFL) policies and procedures, and proper safety and sanitation guidelines.
Primary Job Duties:
Tray Line, Meal Service, and Food Cart Distribution:
This position portions hot and cold food items onto trays, monitors temperatures, loads regular and modified meals into food carts for distribution, delivers food carts to teams, and serves meals to patients in the dining room.
- Determines what and how much to serve each patient based on their meal ticket.
- Determines what to do if temperatures are not within an acceptable range and reports to the supervisor.
- Identifies appropriate time frames around meal preparation/service to meet deadlines.
Safety and Sanitation:
This position cleans and sanitizes the production area, dining room, diet office, bathroom, kitchen equipment, and utensils. This position also follows policies and procedures regarding knife handling, key monitoring, employee safety, etc.
- Determines if the temperatures for dish machine and food carts are within appropriate range and records on temperate logs.
- Determines if chemical sanitizer solution (bleach) is within the appropriate concentration level for sanitation and records on the sanitation log.
- Identifies deficiencies in cleaning based on cleaning logs (daily, weekly, and quarterly) and discusses these with the supervisor on shift to ensure cleaning is completed on time.
This position is involved in preparing, portioning, seasoning, and cooking all menu food items utilizing a variety of cooking methods following standardized recipes, menus, tallies, etc.
- Determines the amount/portion of the product to prepare based on census, tallies, menu, diet, serving size, and weight/volume.
- When there is a product shortage or spoiled product, this position determines which substitution to use, reports changes to the supervisor, and documents changes on the menu change report.
- Develops and maintains ongoing communication with kitchen co-workers to ensure correct menu items are being used and recipes are being followed.
This position maintains active computer access to complete Cornerstone training and check/review email. This position attends annual training fair and completes mandatory hospital and departmental training.
- Identifies appropriate timeframe to complete all mandatory training prior to the deadline.
- Determines when it’s not appropriate to attend scheduled training (due to a scheduling conflict or staff shortage) and communicates this with the supervisor and Food Service Manager II and reschedules training to be completed another day before expiration.
- Identifies when computer access has been locked (due to lack of activity) and works with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to obtain access.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience Only:
Two (2) years of relevant experience including cooking and preparation of food, and/or in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position. Examples of relevant experience may include:
- Food Service
- Production Cook
- Nutritional Services in a hospital or other institutional setting
None
Preferred Qualifications:
Certification of ServSafe Class
Working in a Hospital or Living Centers
Conditions of Employment:
- Full Background - Name and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification, Drug Screen, Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS
- Essential Services Designation - Must be available for call back to perform essential and/or emergency services of the agency without delay or interruption
- Annual influenza and other vaccinations as required by the state of Colorado
- Must pass a pre-placement physical/medical screening: TB Test
- Must be available for shift work
- Use, Handling, or Exposure to hazardous materials
- Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
APPEAL RIGHTS:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand-delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department’s action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
How to Apply
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact magalie.chapman@state.co.us
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
Medical and dental health plans
Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
Paid life insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
BenefitHub state employee discount program
Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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