Cook-NE City

CHI; Nebraska City (NE); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health St. Mary’s in Nebraska City seeks a Cook to prepare high‑quality, safe meals for patients, staff and visitors, including therapeutic diets. You will follow state and federal regulations in a healthcare setting and apply rigorous quality control to ensure consistent food quality.

You will work with high-volume food preparation, manage cooking temperatures, and prevent cross-contamination while maintaining labeling and sanitation throughout the kitchen and serving areas.

Qualifications

• One year of Food Service Cooking Experience.
• Knowledge of food safety and therapeutic diets preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves food following menu and dietary requirements, using kitchen equipment.
• Maintains food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage to ensure safety.
• Labels and stores food, equipment, and machinery properly.
• Keeps cooking and serving areas clean and sanitized.

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Cook, you will be essential to patient, staff, and visitor well-being by preparing high-quality, safe, and delicious meals, including those for multiple therapeutic diets. You will meticulously adhere to all state and federal food preparation regulations in a healthcare environment.

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Cook, you will be essential to patient, staff, and visitor well-being by preparing high-quality, safe, and delicious meals, including those for multiple therapeutic diets. You will meticulously adhere to all state and federal food preparation regulations in a healthcare environment.

Every day you will follow safe cooking techniques, execute recipes with precision, and apply rigorous quality control to ensure consistent food quality and adherence.

To be successful in this role, you will possess proven experience in high-volume food preparation, a strong understanding of food safety and therapeutic diets, and a commitment to culinary excellence within a fast-paced setting.

• Prepares and serves food within guidelines of menu and dietary requirements, using required kitchen utensils and equipment such as slicers, mixers, ovens, fryers, steamers, stove tops, and grills, etc. Modifies preparations to account for food allergies.
• Follows healthcare foodservice industry standards, regulations, guidelines and procedures including monitoring and maintaining food temperatures during cooking, holding, and storage processes. Avoids cross-contamination of foods and adheres to personal hygiene requirements.
• Maintains labeling and storage of food, equipment, and machinery.
• Performs washing and cleaning duties to ensure sanitation & cleanliness in cooking and serving areas.

Job Requirements

Required

• One (1) year of Food Service Cooking Experience

Preferred

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CHI Health St. Mary’s has served Nebraska City and the surrounding areas since 1927. In the fall of 2014, St. Mary’s opened the doors of a brand-new, fully modernized facility. The new 110,000-square-foot campus is better equipped to meet the changing needs of our community with, among other benefits, an increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. St. Mary’s encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists. This contributes to the high quality of care our patients have come to expect.

Pay Range

$15.67 - $22.14 /hour