Cook

April 15, 2025

Job Description

Touchette Regional Hospital

  • High school diploma or equivalent (GED) preferred not required
  • One to two years of job-related cooking experience required
  • Food Handler certificate
  • Serve safe or TAP food handler certification
  • Ability to communicate in Spanish is helpful
  • Knowledgeable in the use of computers 
  • Ability to provide daily service to customers
  • Able to operate foodservice equipment
  • Demonstrates knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles

Physical Demands:

  • Sit or stand for a prolonged period of time. Regularly exposed to body fluids with the risk of blood borne pathogens or airborne pathogens. Able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) (mask, gown, and gloves) when required
  • Able to lift twenty-five (25) pounds from floor to waist using proper body mechanics
  • Able to transfer or position clients greater than fifty (50) pounds with assistance or assistive devices
  • Requesting assistance is expected 
  • Required in positioning and moving clients and medical equipment. Pushing required performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • Considerable twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling and reaching during many aspects of clients care (bathing, making beds, setting up and monitoring medical equipment)
  • Able to use one or both hands for grasping, pushing/pulling and fine maculation to perform procedures
  • Able to feel vibrations, temperature changes and pulses
  • Near acuity: clarity of vision at twenty (20) inches or less; with 20/40 vision or better with or without correction
  • Far acuity: clarity of vision at twenty (20) feet or more; with 20/40 vision or better with or without correction
  • Able to accurately read labels and prepare medications. Read written communication and monitor medical equipment findings
  • Ability to adapt to continually changing environment. Able to accept constructive criticism and accept own limits. Emotional and mental stability needed to maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients, families and health team members
  • Able to hear a forced whisper at five (5) feet

Source

To apply, please visit the following URL:https://hospitalcareers.com/job/8849797/cook/→