Cook II

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Cook II for their SBCH Nutrition department responsible for cooking, planning, and preparing products according to recipes that meet standards of quality and meets portion control guidelines.

Also adheres to temperature control and sanitation guidelines and demonstrates and understands the importance of timeliness.

Major accountabilities include:


* Directs and prepares all food in sufficient quantities to cover all food service requirements, timing preparation to meet service schedules, and food handling in accordance with sanitation standards


* Measures and mixes ingredients according to standardized recipes, operating a variety of kitchen equipment such as blenders, mixers, grinders, and slicers to make sauces, soups, stews, and casseroles, which include modified diet foods.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:


* Preferred: Culinary Arts Associate's Degree.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:


* Minimum: Culinary Arts Certificate or Culinary Arts Associate's Degree; California Food Handlers Card or ServSafe certificate.


* Preferred: ServSafe certificate.

Technical Requirements:


* Minimum: Knowledge of cooking techniques, knife handling, and sanitation guidelines.

Years of Related Work Experience:


* Minimum: 3 years of experience as a professional cook.


* Preferred: 5+ years of experience as a professional cook.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system.

Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.

Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first.

We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law.

This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee.

Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices.

We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

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