Cook

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Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Prepare hot food items for the next day as indicated by menu cycle.
• Fruit and vegetable preparation, food portioning, and other bulk food preparation.
• Prepare Grab and Go and other retail items.
• Routine cleaning and sanitation of all areas.
• Assist with serving food items as indicated by established workflow.
• Utilize flat-top grill, convection oven, tilt skillet, steamers, and stand mixer.
• Must be able to follow recipes for cooking and baking.
• Prepare food using various cooking methods, including pan frying, sauteing, boiling, grilling, baking/roasting, simmering, steaming, braising, stewing, blanching, and poaching.
• Perform cooking, plating, and completion of dishes in view of and while interacting with customers.
• Demonstrate proficiency in diet orders and knowledge of where to find the information.
• Follow food service safety practices and procedures, including temperature control.
• Prepare meals based on dietary needs and special requests.
• Read recipes, calculate conversions, and forecast volumes.
• Assist in the training of staff.
• Deliver trays to patients.
• Demonstrate competency in knife skills.
• Register sales on assigned cash register and provide visitors with courteous, friendly, and efficient checkout service.
• Act as person in charge when coordinator is not on site.
• Perform other duties, including putting away orders, dishwashing, sweeping, mopping, and taking out trash.

Qualifications:

High School/GED preferred.

Five to ten years experience in high volume preparation and cooking in a hotel, restaurant, cafeteria, catering firm, government, or private institution.

Or internal candidate that demonstrates competency in all shifts in the kitchen and as a shift charge person.

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

Wellness
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Why work at Presbyterian?
As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.