Cook-Dining Services

UnityPoint Health; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a 'Cook-Dining Services' professional in Sioux City. Your role involves preparing meals from scratch, following safety guidelines, and ensuring high-quality patient care. This full-time opportunity offers a supportive environment with a $1,500 sign-on bonus and fantastic benefits.

Benefits

$1,500 Sign on bonus

Paid time off

Dental and health insurance

401K matching

Tuition reimbursement

Employee recognition program

Qualifications

• Previous cooking experience strongly preferred.
• ServSafe Food Handler (Training Provided).
• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks meals from scratch or convenience ingredients for various accounts.
• Practices HACCP guidelines for food handling and sanitation.
• Operates department equipment correctly and maintains a clean workspace.

Skills

Customer/patient focused

Multicultural sensitivity

Critical thinking

Education

High School Education or GED

Tools

Ovens

Hot Food Carts

Fryers

Blenders

Job description

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Various shifts

$1,500.00 Sign on bonus to Qualified Applicants!

Assemble, organize, prepare, and cook or bake from scratch or convenience all meats, entrees, casseroles, soup, starches, vegetables, sauces, and bakery products, etc. to provide the menu selections for patient, cafeteria, special function and satellite accounts while meeting productivity levels. Is knowledgeable about and practices HACCP guidelines.

• Area of Interest: Support Services
• Sign On Bonus: $1,500
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
• Department: Cafeteria- SLRMC
• Shift: Hours may vary
• Job ID: 166595
  
  

Overview

UnityPoint-St Luke's Hospital

Full-Time

Various shifts

$1,500.00 Sign on bonus to Qualified Applicants!

Assemble, organize, prepare, and cook or bake from scratch or convenience all meats, entrees, casseroles, soup, starches, vegetables, sauces, and bakery products, etc. to provide the menu selections for patient, cafeteria, special function and satellite accounts while meeting productivity levels. Is knowledgeable about and practices HACCP guidelines.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.
  
  

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Customer Service/Patient Care

• Prepares, organizes, assembles and cooks from scratch or convenience all meats, entree, casseroles, soup, starches, vegetables, sauces, and bakery products etc. to provide menu selections for patient, cafeteria, special function and satellite accounts .
• Cooks using standardized recipes.
• Creatively utilizes leftovers to minimize waste and decrease food cost.
• Prepares quantities indicated on computerized production sheets and special function lists.
• Pulls needed meats, eggs and vegetables from freezer in advance of production. Pans meat, bacon, sausage, strata, etc. Slicing or breading, meats needed. Baking, steaming, frying food items in advance. Pre- preps items for the next day’s menus.
  
  

Technical & Safety

• Correctly operate department equipment that has been assigned.
• Clean and restock dishes, food, supplies during hours of operation as assigned.
• Practices HACCP guidelines for food handling and a sanitary and safe condition. Reports any equipment malfunction to a supervisor. Monitors and records temperatures, utilizes safe food handling techniques, maintains a clean orderly work station.
• Practices sanitary and safe food management conditions that include, but are not limited to, maintenance and operation of equipment, temperature control, utilization of food handling techniques, communication of equipment malfunctions and hazards, and maintaining a clean and orderly work station.
• Practices clean as you go through the shift
• Performs routine cleaning duties as assigned by manager or supervisors
• Completes sanitation logs.
• Completes production sheets.
• Checks out with superiors or team lead at the end of their shift.
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Education or GED required
• Previous cooking experience strongly preferred
• ServSafe Food Handler (Training Provided)
• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.
• Multicultural sensitivity.
• Microsoft Office – basic computer skills.
• Customer/patient focused.
• Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions.
• Machines: Ovens, Hot Food Carts, Scales, Fryers, Mixers, Grill/Stove, Tilt Skillet, Blenders, Steamers, Broilers, Meat Slicers, Buffalo Chopper, Tilt steam kettles, Thermometer, and all other pertinent food service equipment

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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