Under supervision, prepares and cooks food.

Shift: Thursday-Mon 6:00a - 2:30p Full Time 40 hrs/weekly

Scope:

• Leads the work of the associates in the department.
• Acts as a resource and provides technical support.
• Assists with creating new and substitute menu items.
• Reviews menus daily to determine quantities of food and supplies needed.
• Prepares food for cafeteria and catering using creativity, quality, consistency, and promptness.
• Serves as a resource to educate/coach others to follow and comply with recipe standards.
• Demonstrates various cooking techniques.
• Monitors and replenishes food as needed for cafeteria, catering, or patient trays.
• Ensures food is being handled and stored to Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines.
• Operates various types of kitchen equipment and maintains cleanliness.
• Records temperatures of refrigerators.
• Ensures equipment is in good working condition.
• Monitors supply and equipment inventory.
• Notifies leadership team of needed equipment repairs and scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines and established departmental policies and procedures and safety standards.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of SCL Health, and abides by service behavior standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• ServeSafe certification to be acquired within 6 months of hire.

Preferred:

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience in a healthcare facility, such as health care food service is preferred.
• Minimum 6 months experience in quantity food preparation, preferably in a healthcare setting is preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required. Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP) training to be obtained after hire.

Physical Requirements:

• Interact with others by effectively communicating, both orally and in writing.
• Operate computers and other office equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
• See and read computer monitors and documents.
• Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.
• May require lifting and transporting objects and office supplies, bending, kneeling, and reaching.

Location: Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

Work City: Wheat Ridge

Work State: Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$18.29 - $22.54

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

• Generous benefits package covering a wide range of wellness programs.

• ServeSafe certification to be acquired within 6 months of hire.
• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience in a healthcare facility, such as health care food service is preferred.
• Minimum 6 months experience in quantity food preparation, preferably in a healthcare setting is preferred.