Cook II Full Time Day Shift

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Maternity/paternity leave

Bereavement leave

Employee assistance program

Retirement with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY is seeking a Cook II for full-time, first shift. You will prepare food for patient meals, the cafeteria, and catering according to menus, recipes, and portions while adhering to Baptist Health culinary standards.

You’ll work as part of a team to deliver nutritious meals for patients, visitors, staff, and special events, using approved procedures and equipment efficiently to minimize waste.

Qualifications

• Minimum six months experience in large-scale food preparation.
• High school diploma or equivalent or higher preferred.
• Formal culinary education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food for patient meals, cafeteria, and catered events following sanitation standards and menus.
• Collaborates with team to produce nutritious meals for patients, visitors, staff and functions.
• Uses facilities, supplies and equipment efficiently to minimize waste.

Skills

Food preparation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Formal culinary education

Job description

Summary Job Description: Cook II - Food Service Full-Time, First Shift

We are currently seeking a dedicated Cook to join our team at Baptist Health Hardin. In this role, you will be responsible for producing and preparing food for the cafeteria, catering, chef stations, and patient trayline/room service according to menus, recipes and portions appropriately adhering to Baptist Health brand culinary standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food products for patient meals, cafeteria, and catered functions in accordance with applicable sanitation, health and personal hygiene standards and following established food production programs and procedures
• Works as a team member with other personnel to produce quality, cost effective, nutritious meals for patients, visitors, employees, and catered functions
• Appropriate use of facility supplies and equipment to minimize loss and waste

Requirements

• Minimum six months experience in large scale food preparation required

Preferred Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent or higher
• Formal culinary education

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

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. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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