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Cook (Full Time, Rotating Shifts/Weekends)

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES Florida-Miami-Nicklaus Children's Hospital - Main Hospital Campus Miami, Florida Requisition ID 26469

Description

Job Summary

Supports food production of patients and retail services. Identifying, storing, and rotating food items to be used during daily production. Prepares and displays hot and cold food according to recipes and specifications for patient and retail services. Performs short-order cooking and serving of food and/or the preparation of sandwiches at the Grill and Deli/Food Station.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • 1 year of experience as short order/grill cooking and/or cold food preparation in a quality operation.

Qualifications

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Performs short-order cook, serve and prepare food/sandwiches at the Deli/Food Station.
  • Identify, store, and rotate food items to be used during daily production.
  • Dates, labels and stores prepared food items in designated areas and rotates them following the FIFO (First In, First Out) method.
  • Documents & maintains accurate production and quality assurance records. Ensures food is served at safe & proper temperatures (hot food hot, cold food cold).
  • Maintains the preparation & presentation areas in an organized manner at all times. Performs daily cleaning & sanitizing of the preparation and presentation areas.
  • Prepares (peels, slices, cuts, dices and chops) various foods for daily production according to projections and historical data.
  • Prepares food for breakfast and lunch at the grill. Cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner as assigned.
  • Prepares under the supervision of the Chef certain assigned food items for patients/retail/catering that are tasty and consistent with standardized recipes.
  • Presents salads along with other cold and hot foods in an attractive, healthy and organized manner.
  • Sets up and stocks the food items in the service area in a timely and presentable manner.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

  • High school education or equivalent preferred.
  • Graduate of a cooking school with accredited apprenticeship preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to relate cooperatively and constructively with customers and co-workers.
  • Basic knowledge in use of computers and printers.
  • Ability to learn appropriate software application(s).
  • Knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards based on ServSafe.
  • Knowledge of Spanish is helpful.
  • Able to follow detailed written or verbal instructions.
  • Proficiency in food safety and proper cooking techniques and methods.

(EOE DFW)



Job :

Food & Nutrition Services

Primary Location :

Florida-Miami-Nicklaus Children's Hospital - Main Hospital Campus

Department :

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES-2100-800000

Job Status


:Full Time
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Joining a new organization can be daunting or overwhelming. But at Nicklaus, your colleagues make you feel welcomed. They taught me to celebrate our accomplishments and band together during challenging times. This is not easy to find in healthcare these days, so I’m grateful to have found an amazing place to work with people and leadership who have my well-being in mind.

Lova Renee Brunson Manager Accreditation & Regulatory

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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Working together, we find solutions and methods we would never find alone, and at Nicklaus Children’s, we have fun doing it.

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We all take responsibility here – for the children, their families, our work and each other. We meet our responsibilities head on and motivate each other to succeed.

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Nicklaus Children’s encourages team members to believe in their ability to affect positive change in the world through everything they do with us.

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Advocate for children. Advocate for families. Advocate for yourself. But most of all, advocate for getting the job done right and you will find nothing but success and support in your career here.

Transformation is growth.

At Nicklaus Children’s, change is not to be feared. When you work here, you are always working with the most advanced tools and procedures available.

Empathy is everything.

We expect our team members to have empathy for the patients and families they treat, and in turn, we have empathy for them. We take care of everyone in the Nicklaus Children’s family with competitive benefits and our supportive culture.

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