Hybrid Cook - Per Diem, Variable Shift en Island Health

Work Schedule:

• Per diem, variable shift, hours are determined by the needs of the department
• Salary Range: $17.79 - 26.44
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Island Health has an exciting opportunity for a Cook within the Food and Nutrition Services Team.

Job Purpose:

Works with the Director of Food Services in planning how to best prepare food for patients, employees, cafeteria, and senior center.

Duties:

• Informs department head of violations of food safety regulations.
• Prepares all foods for patients, employees and cafeteria.
• Reviews menus, special food orders and confers with the cafeteria hostess to determine amounts of
  food to prepare.
• Plans foods so they will be ready at specified times.
• Plans utilization of leftovers.
• Follows standardized recipes, modifying recipes as necessary for special diets.
• Assists in evaluating and modifying recipes to improve acceptability.
• Ensures cost control and sanitation in all areas of job.
• Serves foods following standards for portion sizes for patient meals.
• Occasionally provides oversight to other employees in the absence of the lead cook and/or Director.
• Other routine kitchen work includes washing pots and pans, cleaning work area and general cleaning.
• Assists with food ordering and some aspects of department management.
• Responsible for referring potentially ill dietary workers to the charge nurse for assessment of fitness for duty.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or
  diagrammatic form
• Ability to work closely with other employees under changing conditions
• Ability to work independently, organize own schedule and make effective use of slack time
• Ability to guide other employees and make decisions
• Can demonstrate a working knowledge of principles of food safety

Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year institutional cooking
• Current Food & Beverage Worker’s Permit

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is exposed to inside environmental conditions, protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. May be exposed to extreme heat at times. The employee may be exposed to dust, pollens, pollutants, fumes and communicable diseases as related to a health care environment. The noise level in the work environment is usuallymoderate.

Physical Demands:

While performing the responsibilities of this position, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, push, pull, reach, climb, balance, bend, stretch, and stoop. The employee will need full range of body motion, hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity needed to operate various tools and manipulate objects. Normal range of hearing and eyesight; close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus. May exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position in relation to the physical demands detailed above.

Salary Range: $17.79 - 26.44