Cook (PRN | As Needed)

Kids Are Our Everything.

 

Department

10310 Food & Nutrition Services

 

Pay Range

$20.30 - $39.63

 

 

Prepare, cook, store and inventory food for patients, cafeteria, and catering as directed in retail and patient services. Perform serving duties in retail and patient services as assigned.

 

Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
1 year Related experience (Required)

Functional Accountabilities
Culinary

• Prepare food according to standardized recipes and production sheet needs to include portion control, garnishing and presentation.

• Continue to improve cooking skills through flexibility in assignments.

• Store leftovers and prep food using proper labeling and within timeframes.

• Inventory food items as assigned.

Safety/Sanitation

• Maintain appropriate records of food temperatures, production, waste and usage.

• Maintain and ensure food safety standards.

• Maintain a clean, sanitary work environment throughout shift according to the standards of the department, hospital and regulatory agencies.

Communications

• Communicate to Management all food quality and availability issues, equipment status, customer and staffing issues.

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

 

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

 

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

 

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.