Experienced Cook

Springfield Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned Time Off

Holiday Incentive Pay

Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and

Life insurance

401k with generous company

Uniforms

Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center is hiring a Cook for our long‑term care facility in Springfield, MO. Experience in healthcare food service is required, with duties including meal preparation, diet adherence, and tray service on a varied shift.

Join a team that emphasizes quality food, portion control, and patient nourishment, while offering advancement opportunities and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have experience as a cook in a long term care facility.
• Healthcare food service experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products.
• Review menus and recipes before preparing meals; prepare and serve diets properly using portions and special diet items.
• Follow standardized recipes and diets to meet service requirements.
• Test and taste foods for appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature; adjust as needed.
• Time meals to meet service schedules for patients and customers.
• Check trays for accuracy of diets and preferences; deliver carts to floors.

Skills

Long-term care cook experience

Job description

Cook for Beautiful SNF in Springfield, MO

We are a 146 bed facility with a home like environment and a new 30 bed rehab wing!! We are pleased to share we are the 2025 AHCA Silver Award Winner !

Position

Cook

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A COOK IN A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY

Are you looking to have fun in a work environment where you can express your talents and creativity, while making a difference in the lives of others? Come join our Food Nutrition Service Team! NHC fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities in a culinary environment in a healthcare setting. The Dietary Cook performs specified duties to maintain high standards of quality food preparation, production, service, and portion control, using standardized recipes, for all customers.

Position Highlights

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products. Dates, labels, and stores items properly. Uses proper food handling techniques.
• Review's menus, therapeutic menus, recipes, and production sheets before preparing meals; prepares and serves diets properly, accurately, and attractively as planned using proper portions and special diet items.
• Follows standardized recipes and special diet orders, preparing sufficient quantities to meet all service requirements.
• Responsible for testing and tasting foods of all consistencies for proper appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature and adjust if needed.
• Responsible for timing of preparation of meals/snacks to meet time schedule for service for patients and customers to ensure all meals/snacks are served as scheduled.
• Checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality before they are delivered. Serves on tray line and delivers carts to floors as needed.

Job Type

Full Time

Work Shift

Varied

Why NHC?

Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center is pleased to be a part of the NHC (National HealthCare Corporation) family. We offer a culture of recognition, empowerment, and fun. At NHC, we are all partners (employees) in a family - oriented work atmosphere where growth and opportunities are promoted. We provide competitive compensation with performance wage rate increases.

Experience

Healthcare food service experience required.

Benefits

• Earned Time Off
• Holiday Incentive Pay
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
• 401k with generous company contributions
• Uniforms
• Advancement Opportunities

Work Location

Springfield Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center

2800 S Fort Ave

Springfield, MO 65807

EOE