Line Cook/Prep Cook

Benefits:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

Minimum qualifications:

• Two years of food service experience including cooking and preparation of food and/or working in an occupationally related field, such as work in banquet, catering, etc.

Responsibilities:

Tray Line, Meal Service, and Food Cart Distribution:
This position portions hot and cold food items onto trays, monitors temperatures, loads regular and modified meals into food carts for distribution, delivers food carts to teams, and serves meals to patients in the dining room.

• Determines what and how much to serve each patient based on their meal ticket.
• Determines what to do if temperatures are not within an acceptable range and reports to the supervisor.
• Identifies appropriate time frames around meal preparation/service in order to meet deadlines.

Safety and Sanitation:
This position cleans and sanitizes the production area, dining room, diet office, bathroom, kitchen equipment, and utensils. This position also follows policies and procedures regarding knife handling, key monitoring, employee safety, etc.

• Determines if the temperatures for dish machine and food carts are within appropriate range and records on temperate logs.
• Determines if chemical sanitizer solution (bleach) is within the appropriate concentration level for sanitation and records on the sanitation log.
• Identifies deficiencies in cleaning based on cleaning logs (daily, weekly, and quarterly) and discusses these with the supervisor on shift to ensure cleaning is completed in a timely manner.

Production Cooking:
This position is involved in preparing, portioning, seasoning, and cooking all menu food items utilizing a variety of cooking methods following standardized recipes, menus, tallies, etc.

• Determines the amount/portion of the product to prepare based on census, tallies, menu, diet, serving size, and weight/volume.
• When there is a product shortage or spoiled product, this position determines which substitution to use, reports changes to the supervisor, and documents changes on the menu change report.
• Develops and maintains ongoing communication with kitchen co-workers to ensure correct menu items are being used and recipes are being followed.

Job description:

This position performs work in food handling, serving, production, cleaning, safety and sanitation. This includes preparing, seasoning and cooking regular and modified meals using standardized recipes and a variety of commercial food service equipment. This position also cleans and sanitizes dishes, pots/pans, equipment, production areas, dining room and other department areas. All work performed by this position adheres to federal, state, and local regulations, Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHIFL) policies and procedures and proper safety and sanitation guidelines.

Facility description: Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan - Denver, CO

The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHIFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59.

About the Colorado Department of Human Services:

CDHS connects people with assistance, resources and support for living independently in our state at every stage of their lives. We serve Coloradans through bold and innovative health and human services. Colorado has a state-supervised and county-administered human services system. Under this system, county departments are the main provider of direct services to Colorado’s families, children and adults. Many of CDHS's programs, benefits and services — such as food and heating assistance and child welfare — are administered by county human services departments.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.10 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Restaurant type:

• Quick service & fast food restaurant

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person