First Cook/Line Cook - Food & Nutrition Services - Per Diem

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Communication Skills, Community and Social Services, Continuous Improvement, Cook Dishes, Customer Support/Service, Environmental Issues, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Food Production, Food Quality, Food Services, Frozen Foods, High School Diploma, Hospital, Leadership, News Reporting, Nutrition, Nutrition Therapy, Patient Care, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Team Player, Time Management
LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Job Description Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! At Cedars-Sinai, were motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America's Best Hospitals-and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work - excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you'll have great resources to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others.

What will you be doing in this role? With minimal oversight, the First Cook/Line Cook ensures high quality of food processing by strict adherence to proper production techniques and the production order resulting in timely service to the customer. This position is responsible for the sanitation of all specialized cooking equipment assigned to the area. Performs all duties with sensitivity and attention to the cultural age, developmental, and environmental safety issues of the populations serviced. Works in collaboration with leadership staff to provide high-quality nutrition care and food service.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: • Accurately assembles trays according to prescribed diets in a timely manner. • Accurately prepares food items according to standard production orders and/or recipes and completes frozen food production orders as assigned. • Demonstrates standard procedures for preparing meals for service. • Properly processes diet orders and menus; runs all required reports from nutrition software. • Prepares food inventory and requisitions in an accurate and clear manner. • Accurately follows instructions and guidelines for the proper storage of food and supplies. • Properly operates, sanitizes, and maintains equipment in the work area. • Demonstrates the correct services are cleaning and dish-washing procedures. • Accepts assigned duties in a cooperative manner. • Complies with policies and adapts to change in the unit as required.

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Qualifications Job Qualifications: High School Diploma/GED preferred. At least four (4) years of cooking or comparable work experience preferred. Excellent customer service and communication skills. Computer proficiency is a requirement.

About the Company

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States, and it is the largest private academic medical center in the Western United States. The Cedars Sinai main campus, which encompasses nearly 24 acres, is located at the point where the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood meet. Cedars Sinai has been recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best hospitals in the U.S. The institution most recently placed No. 7 among a select group of 20 Honor Roll hospitals and ranked nationally in a dozen specialties. In addition, Cedars Sinai ranked No. 3 in California and No. 2 in the Los Angeles metro area.

Within Cedars Sinai, the Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
WEBSITE
http://www.cedars-sinai.org