Chef | Full Time | Newark- Wayne Community Hospital

Job Title: Chef
Department: Food and Nutrition Services
Location: Newark- Wayne Community Hospital

Address: 1200 Driving Park Avenue Newark NY
Hours Per Week: 40
Schedule: 8 Hour Shifts with Weekend Rotations every 2-3 weeks
Sign-On Bonus: N/A

Position Summary:
Responsible for sanitation of the department and equipment. Supervises and directs production staff during meal preparation and service in accordance with operational standards. Prepares food items for meals as needed. Works collaboratively with the Food & Nutrition Manager and Supervisory team to maintain operational standards and departmental goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains work areas in a safe sanitary and orderly manner demonstrating proper equipment use and sanitation techniques.
• Responsible for purchasing and inventory control by maintaining organization of coolers freezers and dry storage and identifying shortages
• Responsible for quality assurance duties specifically related to service operations and maintaining good customer relations while serving customers.
• Produces all food products as identified on food production sheets or menu using standard recipes and proper food handling practices for meals as assigned in a timely organized manner.
• Responsible for carrying out plans to improve quality and efficiency of food production through monitoring taste temperature appearance and portion control of items prepared.
• Responsible for safe operation of food service equipment and utilizing personal protection equipment according to MSDS sheets.
• Responsible for leadership of department in absence of Food & Nutrition Manager.
• Responsible for supervision and training of all food production team members while maintaining operational standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Maintain food production staffing at appropriate productive levels.
• Maybe required to assist with automated payroll as needed.
• Must be able to interact with multiple disciplines as needed.
• Informs Food & Nutrition Manager of disciplinary issues.
• Responsible for participation in food production employee evaluations and disciplinary actions as needed.
• Responsible for participation in food production employee interviewing and recruitment process.
• Assumes primary responsibility for production and service of catering events.

Minimum Qualifications:

None

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
• AAS in Food/Nutritional Services preferred
• 5-7 years food production experience preferred.

Required Licensure/Certification Skills:
None

Rochester Regional Health System is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

EDUCATION:

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employees physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience relevant qualifications specialty internal equity location and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color creed religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability predisposing genetic characteristics marital or familial status military or veteran status citizenship or immigration status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.