Cook II - Full Time, Rotating Shifts

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not-for-profit community hospital nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high-quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close-knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system.

Are you ready to become a part of our dynamic team where you can grow and advance, all while making a difference in patient's lives?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Understands and demonstrates the proper use of all cooking equipment, including stoves, ovens, steamers, slicers, toasters and mixers.

Serves as lead person planning pull/prep/production lists for themselves and the other cooks.

Accurately and consistently follows all standardized recipes.

Cooks large batches and from scratch. Skilled in all aspects of food preparation and cooking. Can cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the cafeteria and patient tray line. Can cook independently at a fast pace.

Practices safe food handling and maintains a high level of sanitation throughout work area.

Consistently completes daily cleaning assignment.

Understands the importance of cost control through proper portioning and accuracy in preparation.

Daily routine follows all aspects of the HACCP process. (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points) including completing daily temperature logs.

In the absence of a manager, the cook assumes role of charge person. This includes being fully engaged and aware of what is going on in the department; ensuring that other employees are following their job flows and completing tasks; serving as decision maker when issues arise and then communicating issues to management through the Cook's Communication Logbook and following up in person with the manager.

Actively participates in efforts to constantly improve our food and service by tasting all food that the cook prepares, batch cooking, and cooking to the proper temperatures, and not serving food that does not reach out standards.

Scheduled Hours: 37.5 hr/wk, rotating weekend/holiday schedule

Work Shift: Rotating - 4:30am to 1pm, 10:30am to 7pm rotating

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience: 2 years' experience in food production.

Required Certification: ServSafe

Benefits working at Anna Jaques Hospital:

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development and Opportunities

Free On-Site Parking

Discounts/Savings on various businesses.

Health and Wellness activities

Apply today and learn more

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Schedule

Rotating (United States of America)

About Anna Jaques Hospital

Anna Jaques Hospital is a 123 bed community hospital serving 17 cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley . The hospital offers a wide range of acute care services to meet the needs of our growing patient population including inpatient and outpatient surgery in fully digitized computerized operating room suites, cardiology including echocardiography and a cardiac cath lab, comprehensive cancer services, orthopedics, nuclear medicine, laboratory, noninvasive vascular lab, joint replacement program and birth center.

Programs include the number one wound center in the nation, a primary stroke service, and Level III Trauma Center . Diagnostic imaging services for patients include MRI, CT, PET, and the PACS digital x-ray system. In addition, we are one of only three healthcare communities to be selected for the pilot Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative. Due to the dedication of our physicians, we are one of the first communities in Massachusetts to implement electronic health records, system-wide, for the safety of our patients.

Awards

The hospitals Non Invasive Vascular laboratory was accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).

For the second year in a row, the American Association for Respiratory Care awarded the hospital its Quality Respiratory Care Recognition. The hospital had no ventilator acquired pneumonia cases during the last year.

The Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center is the only such center to receive full accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) in Massachusetts .

The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, an organization that surveys and rates the performance of hospitals at least every three years. The Joint Commission Dedicated, good employees are one of your strengths. You have a lot to be proud of.