Food Preparer I

Under the supervision of the Nutrition Services Supervisor, the Food Prep II - Prep Cook assists the main and specialty cooks with the preparation of food for hospital patients, employees, and visitors. This position also provides assistance with the following tasks: preparation of food for catered meetings/events; dessert preparation and dish-up; stocking; inventory maintenance; clean-up duties following lunch services.

This is a full time position working 70 hours a pay period. Hours are Monday - Friday from 7:00am-2:30pm with no weekends. Holidays are variable. 

Job Function:

• Reviews daily menu with the main and specialty cooks to determine daily prep/cooking tasks that will need to be completed each day.
• Assists with the preparation of food for the café. Deep fry food and makes specialty items for café.
• Answers phone and takes messages or puts in diet order as needed. 
• Practices proper portion control techniques.  
• Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipes using a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment such as ovens, food processors, mixers, steamers, etc.
• Ensures that cooking and food preparation areas are kept in a clean, neat, and orderly manner.
• Assures safe handling of food from receiving, storage, preparation, serving, cooling, to reheating through H.A.C.C.P guidelines.
• Helps the cook with clean-up duties following lunch services.
• Assists with dessert preparation and dish-up duties for items to be served in the café.
• Assists with inventory maintenance within the department, including checking-in and putting away grocery deliveries and truck delivery. 
• Assist with the following tasks as primary responsibilities: assist the café employees with serving or stocking items during the lunch meal service; packaging and stocking of items in the café to-go cooler; assist the salads/caterer with special event food preparation.
• Inputs patients’ meals into CBORD computer system when needed.  

Miscellaneous Responsibilities

• Answers the department telephone calls, as needed.
• Consistently uses AIDET communication skills with patients, guests and employees.
• Contributes to overall Nutrition Services Department and ever growing services.
• Assures that personal behavior complies with the hospital’s Standards of Behavior at all times.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested by department supervisor or manager.

1. Preparation & Training - Work requires a high school level of knowledge in reading, writing, and/or arithmetic. Requires the ability to understand and communicate detailed instructions and procedures.
2. Work Experience - Under the supervision of the Nutrition Services Supervisor, the Food Prep I - Prep Cook assists the main and specialty cooks with the preparation of food for hospital patients, employees, and visitors. This position also provides assistance with the following tasks: preparation of food for catered meetings/events; dessert preparation and dish-up; stocking; inventory maintenance; clean-up duties following lunch services.
3. Attendance -     
4. Analytical Ability -      
5. Independent Judgement - Work is performed independently. The employee must use his/her own judgment to plan and carry out the work.
6. Contact with Others - Contact with others outside of the department is frequent.
7. Supervising the Work of Others -     
8. Responsibility for Welfare of Others - The employee is occasionally in situations where carelessness on his/her part would cause harm to others. Carelessness on the employee's part could cause moderate harm to others due to food production and sanitation responsibilities.
9. Mental/Visual Effort - Work requires concentration for short periods of time, occasionally under pressure. Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that the major requirements of this position can be fully met. Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability. Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
10. Working Conditions - Clean, well-lighted work area. Is subject to falls and burns from equipment through the work day. Frequent exposure to heat and cold. Participates in and complies with JRMC Safety Management program. Maintains knowledge of and observes Standard Precautions, OSHA Job Classification: This position is defined as a category II. Employee does not have exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
11. Physical & Sensory Effort - Work involves constant standing or walking. Needs finger dexterity when handling dishes during serving times. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending. Occasionally requires ability to move around narrow isles less than 24 inches in width.
12. Background -     
13. Promotion - No formal line of promotion.
14. Physical Requirement 

These are physical requirements of the position that may be performed as part of daily duties. Inability to meet one or more of these physical requirements will not automatically disqualify a candidate or employee from the position. Upon request for reasonable accommodation, JRMC may be able to adjust or excuse one or more of these requirements, depending on the requirement, the essential functions to which it relates and the proposed accommodation.

EMPLOYEE REQUIREMENTS

• Visual Observation - Continuously 
• Standing - Continuously 
• Walking - Frequently
• Sitting - Occasionally 
• Hands and Finger Dexterity - Continuously 
• Reaching with Hands and Arms - Frequently 
• Climbing - Occasionally 
• Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling - Occasionally 
• Hearing/Listening -Continuously 
• Tasting or Smelling - Frequently
• Working Inside - Continuously 
• Working Outside -Never
• Working in Extreme Heat - Occasionally
• Working in Extreme Cold - Occasionally
• Working with Hazardous Materials - Occasionally
• Noise - Continuously 
• Working in Dirt/Dust - Never

LIFTING / CARRYING / PUSHING / PULLING:

• Up to 10 pounds - Continuously 
• Up to 25 pounds - Frequently
• Up to 50 pounds - Occasionally
• Up to 75 pounds - Rarely
• Up to 100 pounds - Rarely
• Over 100 pounds - Rarely