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Do you want to work at one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the nation? We are guided by our values of Love and Excellence and are passionate about delivering health, not just health care. Come join us at ChristianaCare!

ChristianaCare, with Hospitals in Wilmington and Newark, DE, as well as Elkton, MD, is one of the largest health care providers in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Named one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report, we have an excess of 1,100 beds between our hospitals and are committed to providing the best patient care in the region. We are proud to that Christiana Hospital, Wilmington Hospital, our Ambulatory Services, and HomeHealth have all received ANCC Magnet Recognition®

Hours will vary between 5:00AM- 2:30PM or and 11am-7:30PM as well as a few shifts in-between those timeframes.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Prepares a wide variety of foods ensuring the attractiveness, palatability, and temperature of food in accordance with standardized recipes and standard operating procedures. Complies with Christiana Care, federal, and state health codes.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates a patient/customer "comes first" attitude. Greets patients, visitors, customers, and co-workers with a smile and pleasant manner. Demonstrates quality customer service. Practices service recovery.

• Demonstrates understanding and executes CCHS Core Values – Excellence and Love. Interacts with patients, families, co-workers, management, physicians, and other department staff in a compassionate manner, demonstrating empathy, sensitivity, patience, and mutual respect.

• Demonstrates ability to read and follow assignments, completing within established time frames and maintains a high level of productivity without direct supervision.

•  Communicates pertinent and vital information and feedback to co-workers and supervisors. Follows written   and verbal instructions as directed.

•  Assumes an active role to keep informed about changes in policies, procedures and equipment, completes mandatory education, attends and participates at meetings, and is willing to be taught, coached, and/or mentored by others. 

• Adheres to Christiana Care and department policies and procedures.

• Complies with Christiana Care and department sanitation/safety responsibilities in the performance of all job assignments in accordance with Federal and State Health codes.

• Prepares a wide variety of foods, such as: meats, fish, poultry, fresh, frozen, canned, and dehydrated vegetables, ensuring the attractiveness, palatability, and temperature of food in accordance with standardized recipes and standard operating procedures. Produces items focusing on merchandizing and eye appeal.

• Demonstrates ability to extend recipes to meet production numbers based on requested amounts

• Demonstrates ability to test cooked food by tasting and smelling, and takes corrective action as required.

• Ensures that all perishable items are dated, rotated and served utilizing the FIFO guidelines.

• Discusses with supervision all leftovers for run-outs.

• Demonstrates ability to keep own work areas clean and organized at all times.

• Demonstrates ability to maintains food dating, labeling, and correct shelf organization in cook’s walk-in and keeps area organized and clean.

SCOPE, PURPOSE, AND FREQUENCY OF CONTACTS:

Frequent contact with supervision, clinical dietitians, and employees, occasional contact with patients and customers for recipe consultation, food substitutions and run-outs, and quality control problems.