Cook Job at St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX 77478

Overview

St. Lukes Health–Sugar Land Hospital offers the latest technology and treatments for residents of Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. Our services range from heart care and neuroscience to robotic surgery. Our recently opened Family Birthing Center offers incomparable care and amenities in a spa-like environment to provide a VIP—Very Important Pregnancy—experience. Since 2008 our experienced doctors nurses and support staff have provided expert care to support our community.

Responsibilities

Cook

  • Participates and supports all aspects of healthcare food service operations. Works with facility staff to provide optimal nutritional care and demonstrates excellent customer service to patients, guests and staff.
  • Follows diet manual handbook and diet spreadsheets to ensure therapeutic meal compliance with prescribed diet order.
  • Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu and dietary requirements using required kitchen utensils and equipment.
  • Maintains knowledge of recipe ingredients to respond to food allergy questions or requests.
  • Follows healthcare food service industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes.
  • Avoids cross contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements.
  • Maintains proper labeling of food products and ensures storage of food equipment, and machinery per regulations and facility guidelines.

Additional responsibilities include

  • Following therapeutic diet modifications and guidelines including allergy restrictions for all patient meal trays, nourishment, snacks and supplements
  • Printing, providing and following production tool and/or electronic meal tallies/differentials for food preparation
  • Explaining basic therapeutic diet orders and menus and responding to questions from patients and family members.
  • Escalating additional patient nutrition questions or needs to appropriate clinical support team members.
  • Collecting patient food preferences and ensuring compliance with prescribed diet orders. Distributing food preferences to kitchen for menu planning in a timely manner.
  • Operating electronic diet office software and tools following established procedures and protocols.
  • Navigating electronic health records to access patient diet orders and nutritional reports.
  • Supports / performs all department tasks as needed, including general cleaning of equipment and work areas (e.g., cleaning the tray line, equipment, coolers, office area, and emptying trash cans, etc.)

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Two (2) years food service experience
  • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Current (within the past 12 months) ServSafe® Allergen and Food Service Handler
  • Certifications. If not currently certified, certification to be obtained within 30 days of hir

Pay Range
$11.33 - $15.09 /hour



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