Cook - Food and Nutrition Service - Full time - Days

Company: St. Joseph Health
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Covenant Health is seeking a full time, day shift Cook with the Food and Nutrition Service Department at Covenant Medical Center.

Apply Today! Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a link to complete on demand interview video, once completed will be forwarded for Mgr for review.

Job Summary:

The cook assumes the responsibility for the preparation of a variety of foods for patients, cafeteria services, and special functions. The cook is also involved in sanitation and kitchen maintenance. Under direct supervision.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to prepare a variety of cold foods, hot entrees, vegetables and soups for patients, cafeteria and catering services.
• Assumes the responsibility for proper plating, panning, and garnishing of products.
• Is responsible for proper labeling and marking of special diet products.
• Properly stores, labels and dates leftover products.
• Knows basic cooking skills, terminology, and how to convert recipes into different quantities.
• Knows how to read, follow and record information on production sheets.
• Assumes the responsibility for cleaning and sanitizing the equipment used in the production area.

Preferred Position Qualifications:

Education:

• H.S. Diploma or GED

Experience:

• Food service experience.

Covenant Health is celebrating over 100 years of serving Lubbock and our South Plains region. As the oldest and largest health system in Lubbock and the region, we currently employ over 5,200 people with a medical staff of over 600 physicians.

For over 100 years, Covenant has been driven by a mission of providing a Christian ministry of healing and caring for the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Our vision and differentiator is we are the only faith-based, integrated health network in the West Texas/eastern New Mexico region dedicated to a Christian ministry of healing.

As an expression of our mission, we believe we hold an important Covenant with our patients and try and treat every interaction as Sacred Encounters.

Our ministry includes six hospitals with over 1,100 licensed beds:

Covenant Medical Center - CMC

Covenant Children's

Covenant Specialty

Covenant Plainview - PLV

Covenant Levelland - LVL

Trustpoint (joint venture: Rehab Hospital of Lubbock)

Covenant Medical Group (CMG)

Covenant Health Partners

Hospice of Lubbock

Covenant Health's total service area includes 25 counties that covers most of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. The service area covers approximately 750,000 people and approximately 35,000 square miles.

Covenant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Covenant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Positions specified as "on call, per diem" refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled on as "as needed basis" to fill in for staff vacancies.

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