Healthcare Kitchen Cook: Nutritious Patient Meals

Decatur Memorial Hospital; Tennessee; On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Health is seeking a focused food service worker to prepare, cook, serve, and manage food for patients, staff, and guests. The role emphasizes adherence to food safety standards, sanitation, and delivering courteous service in a healthcare setting.

The position requires a high school diploma and at least two years of quantity food preparation experience, with on-site duties and collaboration with kitchen staff to meet meal needs and events.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of culinary techniques.
• Basic food safety, infection control and sanitation knowledge.
• Good customer service skills and service recovery.

Responsibilities

• Requisitions, prepares, seasons, cooks and serves food.
• Gives attention to sanitation and safety procedures for utensils and equipment.
• Prepares or supervises washing, peeling, trimming, slicing, dicing, baking and garnishing.
• Reviews production worksheets to determine amounts of food to prepare.

Skills

Culinary techniques

Food safety knowledge

Customer service

Infection control

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two years experience in quantity food preparation

Job description

Memorial Health is seeking a focused food service worker to prepare, cook, serve, and manage food for patients, staff, and guests. The role emphasizes adherence to food safety standards, sanitation, and delivering courteous service in a healthcare setting.

The position requires a high school diploma and at least two years of quantity food preparation experience, with on-site duties and collaboration with kitchen staff to meet meal needs and events.