Cook

Job Title: Cook
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Hospitality Services, Cooks
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: GWV Food Services Retail Team
Date Posted: 08/22/2023
Job ID: R-51114

Job Summary

Prepares food for patients, employees, visitors and special functions. Maintains a customer service approach at all times when fulfilling responsibilities.

Job Duties

• Prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner foods using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
• Documents preparation and usage of food according to established standards.
• Maintains all quality, safety, and sanitation standards making sure all items are wrapped and stored and labeled properly during all phases of production.

• Read and interpret patient meal tickets, read and confirm patient identifiers, recipes,  ingredients, labels and dating.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)

Experience

Minimum of 2 years-Food Service (Preferred)

Our Purpose & Values

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.