Cook

Culinary Services Team Member

Join our Culinary Services team in a healthcare setting where your work directly supports residents every day. This role offers a more predictable schedule, a strong team environment, and the opportunity to use your cooking skills in a meaningful way.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals following menus and standardized recipes
• Ensure food quality, portion control, and proper temperatures
• Follow therapeutic and modified diet requirements
• Maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary kitchen environment
• Assist with food prep, tray line, and service as needed
• Follow all food safety and infection control procedures

Qualifications

• Previous cooking or foodservice experience preferred
• Ability to follow recipes and production sheets
• Ability to work in a team and fast-paced environment
• Reliable attendance

What We Offer

• No late-night shifts (healthcare environment)
• Consistent, stable scheduling
• Daily Pay available via OnShift
• Benefits for full-time team members
• Opportunities for advancement
• Supportive, team-focused workplace
• Compensation - Competitive pay based on experience

Work Environment

• Healthcare / long-term care setting
• Standing, lifting, and kitchen conditions required

Our Service Standards:

• Sincere Appreciation...for everyone
• Hearing Needs...and responding quickly
• Caring Approach...in everything we do
• Managing Situations...for positive outcomes

Entry Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One-year experience as a cook in an institutional food service setting preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• May be designated as Lead for Food and Nutrition Aides in absence of Manager.

Physical Demands and Environment

• Working in institutional kitchen environment, employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, see, talk and hear. May occasionally lift or move items of up to 50 pounds. Employee is occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. In compliance with applicable law, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Requirements

• Agrees to safeguard the privacy of residents' protected health information from improper use and disclosure according to state and federal law.