Cook

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a full-time Cook for First Shift to prepare, present and serve nutritious meals in a hospital setting. You will follow standardized recipes, help with labeling and storage, and support production planning with the Food Service Supervisor.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED and prefer Food Handler or ServSafe certification, with 1–3 months of experience.

Qualifications

• Food Handler card or ServSafe certificate preferred.
• High School Diploma/GED.

Responsibilities

• Cook entrees, vegetables, sandwiches and other items using recipes.
• Label, date and rotate products in storage areas.
• Maintain organization of dry, refrigerated and frozen goods.
• Communicate daily with supervisor on production and quality goals.
• Clean and sanitize work areas and equipment after use.

Skills

Food handler certification

Servsafe certification

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Summary Job Description

Cook Full Time, First Shift Cooks, prepares, presents, and serves food items. Ensures that food is prepared in a manner, which is nutritious, safe, properly flavored and in compliance with sanitation and safety requirements, and accrediting agency standards for quality.

Job Duties

Cooks and prepares various entrees, vegetables, sandwiches, and other menu items using standardized recipes. Assists in proper labeling, dating, and rotation of product in dry storage, coolers and freezers. Assists in maintaining organized storage of dry goods, refrigerated and frozen products. Replenishes food items as needed and prepares needed foods for next day's production. Communicates and coordinates daily with Food Service Supervisor/ Manager on strategies to accomplish production and maintain quality standards. Maintains clean and safe work environment by cleaning and sanitizing food service area and equipment after use and following routine cleaning schedule. Cleaning duties may include, but are not limited to: equipment, floors, walls, cook station and storage areas.

Preferred Requirements

• Food Handler card or Servsafe certificate preferred
• High School Diploma/GED
• One to three months' experience

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

About Baptist Health

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

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