Cook / Hostess – Bakersfield Heart Hospital – Bakersfield, CA

Job Title: Cook

Responsible for accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. Effectively communicating with patients, staff and guests of the hospital to ensure accuracy and timelines of patient meal trays and floor stock. Major responsibility includes delivering meal carts to patient units, aiding in the meal set-up at bedside, discarding of soiled trays, taking inventory of nourishment area, stocking the nourishment area and accurately operating technical equipment. The Healthcare Host/Hostess will be responsible for sanitation activities, including dishware, equipment cleaning and janitorial tasks. In addition, they will be responsible for cashiering in the café.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and Skills: Previous experience working in a Hospital setting preferred. Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect. Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
• Education: High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Licensure/Certification: ServSafe Food Handler certification.
• Experience: Previous experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short preparation time.
• May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
• Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all Hospital regulatory rules and procedures.
• Delivers carts to the correct floor or patient area.
• Serves trays to patients and determines if they need anything else.
• Assists customers with opening containers and cutting food when requested.
• Collects trays and places garbage and trash in designated containers.
• Brews coffee and tea. May be required to restock other beverage areas.
• Interacts with customers in the serving and dining areas.
• May assemble and deliver patient trays.
• Replenish floor stock.
• Other duties as assigned.

At Bakersfield Heart Hospital, our patients are family. Healthcare is constantly evolving, our growing organization is devoted to ensuring that each person in our care feels safe. Our world-class team of driven, passionate healthcare professionals are always focused on service excellence and providing top quality care at the bedside. If you share our values, we want to hear from you!

Competitive Pay. Full Suite of Benefits.

Bakersfield Heart Hospital is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our team members and patients. Therefore, we require that all team members receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October – March each year), etc. as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Preferred

• Previous experience in a hospital setting preferred.
• Previous experience working in a Hospital setting preferred. Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect. Ability to maintain a positive attitude.

Required

• High School or better

Required

• Food Handler Permit