Cook II - High Point

Overview

• Cooks and prepares food according to prep lists and recipes.
• Completes cleaning of equipment and cooking area.
• Adheres to department standards for quality assurance.

• Required: High School Diploma or GED

• Required: 2+ years of cooking experience

• None required

• Ability to read and follow written and oral instructions.
• General knowledge of cleaning methods, food service equipment, and food preparation.
• Ability to perform moderately heavy physical labor.
• Adherence to safety and sanitation standards.
• Basic math skills to scale recipes.
• Basic cooking skills, including safe knife handling and knowledge of standard knife cuts.
• Ability to demonstrate various cooking methods (grilling, frying, baking, steaming, sautéing, braising).
• Ability to produce the five mother sauces.

1. Food Preparation: Cooks food for various areas, adjusts recipes using basic math, ensures compliance with recipes using weight and volume measurements.
2. Transportation of Goods: Transports items between storeroom, kitchen, retail, and service areas.
3. Sanitation: Cleans and sanitizes kitchen equipment, utensils, and work areas; washes dishes by hand or machine.
4. Quality Control: Assists in recipe testing, uses FIFO rotation, labels and dates food, evaluates food quality, and addresses substandard food.
5. Professionalism: Maintains professional relationships, adheres to department rules, practices teamwork, and follows Standards of Behavior.
6. Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned by management.

• Communication: Clearly conveys information to others.
• Collaboration: Works respectfully with others to achieve shared goals.
• Service: Provides excellent customer service.
• Safety: Meets safety requirements and promotes quality outcomes.
• Accountability: Takes ownership of goals and outcomes.
• Improvement: Continuously improves processes and remains flexible during change.

• Employee Health: Complies with required health programs.
• Credentials: Maintains current licensures and certifications.
• Job Competency: Complies with competency testing.
• Corporate Compliance: Adheres to Corporate Compliance Plan.
• Safety: Adheres to Environment of Care Plan.
• HIPAA: Complies with HIPAA regulations.
• Education: Attends required educational programs.

• Frequent stooping, walking, kneeling, constant standing, grasping, repetitive motion, and reaching.
• Medium physical force required (20-50 lbs occasionally, 10-25 lbs frequently, up to 10 lbs constantly).
• Requires visual acuity and effective communication abilities.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment demands test.

• Yes

• Improve patient identification accuracy.
• Enhance communication among caregivers.
• Reduce healthcare-associated infections.
• Demonstrate appropriate hand hygiene techniques.

• Teamwork: Effective team player, communicates openly, fulfills commitments.
• Compassion: Sensitive, kind, considerate, empathetic.
• Integrity: Honest, follows through on commitments, serves as a positive example.

• Respect: Maintain patients' privacy.
• Professionalism: Take ownership.
• Safe and Healing Environment: Keep noise levels down.
• Customer Focus: Use 10/5 Rule, escort to destination, use elevator etiquette.
• Communication: Use AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, Thank).

• Acknowledges understanding of job description and standards of performance.
• Understands the at-will employment relationship with High Point Regional Health.
• Recognizes the job description may be revised based on departmental needs