Cook
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Ernest Health
Plano, TX, US
Summary
The cook is responsible for preparing healthy meals for patients, staff, and visitors while adhering to strict safety and quality standards. Additionally, the role involves creating menus and managing kitchen supply orders.
Job Description
Overview
North Texas Rehabilitation Institute
We are seeking a PRN Cook to join our team of passionate patient caregivers!
As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements. We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”. These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. Equivalent in in education or experience required.
- Food Handlers License required.
Additional Qualifications/Skills:
- Knowledge of patient diets and safe food handling requirements and use of Nutritional Care Manual.
- Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
- Effective organizational and time management skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain quality and safety standards.
- Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
- Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing healthy food for patients, employees, and visitors. Prepares food ensuring that strict safety standards are followed. Creates menus and orders supplies for the hospital kitchen and cafeteria. Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.
At Ernest Health, we provide specialized medical and rehabilitative services to our patients through our rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals. Our patients often are recovering from disabilities caused by injuries or illnesses, or from chronic or complex medical conditions.
Our hospitals are located in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Each hospital is managed locally to best meet the needs of each community. However, we share information, knowledge and resources throughout all our hospitals so we can continually evaluate and improve the delivery of care to our patients.
These effort have earned us recognition as a national healthcare leader, allowing our hospitals to provide the highest level of care available to patients in their own communities.
Founded
2004
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Mesquite, Texas
At Ernest Health, we provide specialized medical and rehabilitative services to our patients through our rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals. Our patients often are recovering from disabilities caused by injuries or illnesses, or from chronic or complex medical conditions.
Our hospitals are located in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Each hospital is managed locally to best meet the needs of each community. However, we share information, knowledge and resources throughout all our hospitals so we can continually evaluate and improve the delivery of care to our patients.
These effort have earned us recognition as a national healthcare leader, allowing our hospitals to provide the highest level of care available to patients in their own communities.
Founded
2004
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Mesquite, Texas