Cook

Job Summary At Allina Health, our cooks do more than prepare meals—they help patients heal, energize our care teams, and bring comfort to guests during challenging times. Join us in creating nourishing, meaningful moments every day. Because at Allina, we are all together better. Key Position Details FTE 0.2 (16 hours per two week pay period), 8-hour day shift, every other weekend (5:30a–1p). Professional Responsibilities Prepares food in a timely, appealing and appetizing manner. Prepares food using standardized recipes and proper cooking methods for patients, staff and special functions. Ensures adequate quantities of food are prepared based on patient need and cafeteria volumes. Understands special diets and consults with dietitian as needed. Uses proper cooking, cooling and reheating techniques to ensure food safety. Checks temperatures regularly prior to serving food. Labels, dates, covers and stores food properly. Utilizes sanitizing techniques for food, self and equipment. May assist in restocking the workstation, putting away grocery orders, operating the cash register, assisting with menu development, maintaining adequate food stock to meet menu requirements and patient requests. Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description. Preferred Qualifications High school diploma or GED. Associate’s or vocational degree in the culinary field. 0 to 2 years of food service experience. Licenses / Certifications Certification for Food Safety and Handling upon hire preferred. Physical Demands Medium work: lifting weight up to 50lbs. occasionally, up to 25lbs. frequently. Pay Range $20.95 to $26.43 per hour. The pay described reflects the base hourly pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and/or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work. Benefits Allina Health offers a broad range of employee benefits to support the total well-being—mind, body, spirit and community—of you and your family members. Benefits include medical/dental, PTO/time away, retirement savings plans, life insurance, short‑term/long‑term disability, voluntary benefits (vision, legal, critical illness), tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education as applicable, student loan support, etc. All benefits are determined by FTE and union representation. EEO Statement Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We will make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. E‑Verify Participation Allina Health complies with federal requirements to verify the employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. An E‑Verify case must be created no later than the third business day after the employee starts work for pay. All FormsI‑9 must be completed and received by the Office of Human Resources accordingly. For more information, see the Right‑to‑Work poster. #J-18808-Ljbffr