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Cook - Food Services Patient Cleveland Heights; 80 Hrs; Days

MetroHealth • CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH 44121 • Posted 17 days ago

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As a Cook in the Dining Services team at MetroHealth, you will be responsible for preparing and serving restaurant-quality meals to patients and caregivers. This role involves a variety of cooking and food preparation tasks to ensure quality food satisfaction. The position offers stable hours, competitive pay, paid time off, and generous benefits, along with opportunities for growth and learning about health careers within the System.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a variety of cooking and food preparation to provide quality food for patients/customers.
  • Understand basic food preparation and cooking methods.
  • Comprehend the English language when reading recipes, maintaining logs, and communicating in the kitchen.
  • Verbalize menu options to the customer clearly and accurately.
  • Perform simple mathematic calculations, especially as they pertain to cooking measurements.

Qualifications

Required

  • HS Diploma or passage of a high school equivalency exam
  • Possess a Level Two Person in Charge Food Protection Certification from an Ohio Department of Health approved issuing body (i.e. ServSafe, etc.) or obtains within 90 days of hire
  • 1 year of experience in high-volume food service and/or high-quantity food production cooking
  • Understanding of basic food preparation and cooking methods
  • Ability to comprehend the English language when reading recipes, maintaining logs, and communicating in the kitchen
  • Ability to clearly and accurately verbalize menu options to the customer
  • Ability to perform simple mathematic calculations, especially as they pertain to cooking measurements

Preferred

  • Completion of an accepted culinary certification or proof of completing culinary coursework
  • Possess a basic understanding of therapeutic diet plans

Full Job Description

**Location: Cleveland Hts.**

**Biweekly Hours:** **80.00**

**Shift:** **6a-230p, Rotating Weekends & Holidays**

For nearly two centuries, the MetroHealth System's mission has been focused on delivering high-quality patient-centered care to all communities in Northeast Ohio.

As a member of our Dining Services team, you will support our patients and caregivers by preparing and serving restaurant-quality meals in our state-of-the-art facility. With stable hours, competitive pay, paid-time off and generous benefits, MetroHealth is a great place to pursue your hospitality career. Plus, there are opportunities to grow and learn about health careers within our System.

In this role, you will perform a variety of cooking and food preparation to provide quality food for the satisfaction of our patients/customers.

**Required Qualifications:**

- HS Diploma or passage of a high school equivalency exam

- Possess a Level Two Person in Charge Food Protection Certification from an Ohio Department of Health approved issuing body (i.e. ServSafe, etc.) or obtains within 90 days of hire.

- 1 year of experience in high-volume food service and/or high-quantity food production cooking.

- Understanding of basic food preparation and cooking methods.

- Ability to comprehend the English language when reading recipes, maintaining logs, and communicating in the kitchen.

- Ability to clearly and accurately verbalize menu options to the customer.

- Ability to perform simple mathematic calculations, especially as they pertain to cooking measurements.

**Preferred qualifications:**

- Completion of an accepted culinary certification or proof of completing culinary coursework.

- Possess a basic understanding of therapeutic diet plans.

**Physical Requirements:**

- May sit, stand, stoop, bend, and ambulate intermittently during the day.

- May need to sit or stand for extended periods.

- See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

- Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

- Ability to climb intermittently during the day.

- Ability to push/pull/lift 100-300 pounds.

- Ability to see computer monitor and departmental documents.

- Requires some exposure to chemicals and cleaning products.

- Requires exposure to warm and cold temperatures.