Food Service Cook

Lexington Health; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 29,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Day One benefits

403(b) plan matched

Short-term and long-term disability

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Lexington Health is seeking a Food Service Cook to join our Nutrition Services team in Columbia, SC. This PRN night-shift role prepares meals for patients, cafeteria, and catered functions by following recipes and dietary guidelines, ensuring timely execution and high-quality food.

The position requires at least 1 year of cooking experience; training emphasizes safety, sanitation, and recipe adherence in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of cooking experience.
• Ability to follow recipes and time management skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and provide good customer service.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food according to recipes and dietary restrictions.
• Follows recipes to prepare foods in correct quantity and quality.
• Plans and organizes work schedule to ensure food is ready and on the line.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment according to schedule.

Skills

Cooking

Job description

Nutrition Services

PRN

Night Shift

7-5pm

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

The Food Service Cook is a fast paced, hands on position. They perform the general cooking duties needed for preparing food items throughout the hospital. Follows recipes to prepare all food items necessary for patients, cafeteria, retail operations, catered functions, or the Child Development Center in a timely fashion.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: None.

Minimum Years of Experience: 1 Years of experience in cooking

Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): In lieu of 1 year of cooking experience, consideration will be given to internal candidates with 1 year of experience within LMC as a Nutrition Associate upon review of applicable skills/training

Required Certifications/Licensure: None.

Required Training: Demonstrate basic mathematical skills; Able to work in a fast paced environment with good time management skills; Ability to follow a recipe consistently as list and provided; Possess great customer service skills; Requires knowledge of basic kitchen equipment; Understanding of basic food service safety guidelines such as temperature danger zone, haccp, proper storage of product, sanitation, etc.

Essential Functions

• Prepares food based upon specific direction which includes modified diet restrictions.
• Follows recipes accurately to prepare foods in the correct quantity and quality (taste, temperature, etc.).
• Plans and organizes work schedule to ensure that food is ready, garnished, and on the line as scheduled.
• Cleans and sanitizes food service equipment according to schedule using proper cleaning agents.
• Completes prep work for the following day.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains an optimistic and professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers.
• Shows courtesy, compassion and respect. Conforms to Service Excellence Policy and Service Expectations.
• Demonstrates appropriate communication of information to all ages and responds to all customer/patient requests and needs, i.e., hard of hearing, etc.
• Any and all other duties as assigned. May be asked to work interdepartmentally.
• Must keep work area neat and clean at all times. Responsible for area during inspections.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

Nearest Major Market:

Columbia

Nearest Secondary Market:

South Carolina