Job Description
Cook I Float
Temporary Full Time (1 year)
Location: Labrador Health Centre
(56202TMP)
Reporting to the Food Operations Manager or designate, the primary purpose of this position is to cook/prepare, assemble and serve meals for patients/residents/customers and to perform tasks related to food service.
Qualifications:
" Graduation from high school and Cooking certificate
" Basic Food Safety training certification or ability to complete same
" Experience in therapeutic diet preparation would be an asset;
" Ability to work alone and under minimum supervision;
" Ability to organize daily tasks while managing competing demands on time;
" Ability to learn and apply food values and therapeutic diets;
" Ability to take directions and learn techniques for the safe use and care of food service equipment and kitchen utensils;
" Ability to maneuver heavy carts throughout the hospital;
" The successful applicant will be required to submit a satisfactory certificate of conduct.
Duties (Included but not limited to):
Prepares, cooks and serves various foods which include breakfast items, main meal entrees (may include wild game), vegetables, soups, gravies, desserts etc as per regular, therapeutic and texture modified diet requirements
" Bakes items such as breads, buns, muffins, pastries, cakes and cookies;
" Maintains sanitary conditions in work areas;
" Responsible for receiving and storage of food and related supplies as required;
" Ensures food amounts and ingredients are available for each cooking task;
" Operates and cleans a variety of standard cooking equipment;
" Responsible for keeping accurate records of temperatures, food preference lists and meal day statistics;
" Prepare and serve meals & snacks for patients/residents/retail customers
" Review patient/resident diet list/info and prepare individual meal trays & snacks in keeping with the therapeutic diets
" Assemble meal trays/serve meals for residents/patients/customers including catering to functions within the organization
" Distribute and collect meal trays; strip meal carts and clean dishes/carts using dish machine and other related equipment
" Clean/sanitize work areas, equipment and trolleys
" Fill food supply requisitions for hospital and/or LTC departments
" May stock groceries on shelves and refrigerators, inspect goods and rotate stock
" Operate cash register as required
" Maintain general sanitation and cleanliness of department
" Maintain high standard of personal hygiene and follow all policies/procedures pertaining to food safety and sanitation;
" Perform other related work as required.
Salary:
" CG - 25 of the NAPE HS salary scales $23.31 to $25.68 per hour, plus the applicable Labrador Allowance.
Hours of Work:
" 75 hours biweekly, variable shifts
Interested applicants please submit resume, stating competition number 2024000095N
