Cook

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 24,962 - 35,142; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, NC, is looking for a dedicated Cook to join their team. The position involves cooking a variety of foods, ensuring quality, and maintaining a sanitary working environment.

No formal education is required, though one year of cooking experience is necessary. The role is full-time, with variable hours and offers a salary ranging from $18.12 to $25.51 per hour, based on experience.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in cooking food in quantity lots or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• If Associate's degree in Culinary Arts, no experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Cooks food including pastries, desserts, and soups.
• Ensures quality of foods and maintains proper temperatures.
• Operates and cleans production utensils and equipment.
• Prepares complete meals and special event foods.
• Uses weighing and measuring techniques for diets.

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well‑being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary: Cooks and prepares food and performs related tasks such as clean up and quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities

1. Cooks food, including pastries, desserts, and soups, according to recipes. Completes basic mathematical calculations to alter quantities as needed.
2. Ensures quality of foods. Assists in testing and standardizing recipes and maintains proper temperatures for food.
3. Operates and cleans all production utensils and equipment. Maintains cooking area in a sanitary, neat, and orderly manner.
4. Prepares complete meals and special event foods. Arranges food in an appealing manner.
5. Prepares food, including meats, vegetables, salads, desserts, and soups for regular, modified, and calculated diets using weighing and measuring techniques.

Education Requirements

• None required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• One (1) year of experience in the cooking of food in quantity lots or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• If Associate's degree in Culinary Arts, no experience is required.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: NFS Production Services

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $18.12 - $25.51 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.