Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System
At Nebraska Methodist Health System we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. Its helping families grow by making each delivery special conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch going above and beyond for a patients needs or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

1. Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing seasoning cooking tasting carving and serving soups meats vegetables desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.

2. Tastes products reads menus estimates food requirements checks production and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.

3. Intermediate to advanced knife skills required.

4. Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients washing peeling cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables and trimming and cutting meat poultry or fish for culinary use.

5. May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment.

6. Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.

7. Participates in regular safety meetings safety training and hazard assessments.

8. May receive inventory move and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.

9. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Schedule:

Mon-Fri 11:30pm to 8pm with every other weekend

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (G.E.D.) preferred.

Experience

• Prior meal preparation or cooking.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers supervisors managers vendor representatives customers client representatives patients and residents.
• Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
• Able to maintain a positive attitude.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
• Ability to use a computer and employ basic math skills.
• Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment.
• Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
• Applies some advanced cooking skills.
• Extensive working knowledge of food preparation.
• May adapt procedures tools equipment and techniques to meet the requirements of the position.
• Knowledge of basic operating equipment.

Physical Requirements

Physical

• Close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to focus with or without correct lenses.
• Significant walking or other means of mobility.
• Ability to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours).
• Ability to reach bend stoop push and/or pull and frequently lift up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 40 pounds.

Environmental

• Generally in an indoor setting; however may involve outside activities and events.
• Varying schedule to include evenings holidays weekends and extended hours as business dictates.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is primarily in a controlled temperate environment; however may be exposed to heat/cold during support of outside activities.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa more than 30 clinic locations a nursing and allied health college and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891 service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance health education outreach to our diverse communities and populations and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other classification protected by Federal state or local law.