Hospital Catering Cook Float Support

Intermountain Health; United States; On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniforms provided

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Intermountain Health - St Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, MT seeks a Hospital Catering Cook to support patient and guest dining experiences. This full-time role involves preparing meals, ensuring quality, safety, and hospitality in a healthcare setting.

You will work a 40-hour week on a day-shift, with occasional evenings and weekend rotations and rotating holidays. Uniforms are provided and benefits are eligible, with opportunities to grow culinary skills in catering, menu execution, and

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification by first day of work (Utah/Idaho region requirement).
• Must read and communicate effectively in English.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Safe food handling techniques across all applications.
• Understands workflow, prioritizes tasks and meets deadlines.
• Customer service experience preferred.
• Experience with modified diets and commercial cooking equipment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks food, serves customers, and completes other duties as assigned.
• Follows recipes and instructions in food preparation.
• May prepare bulk items or cater large events and meals.
• Maintains an organized and sanitary kitchen environment.
• Maintains proper production quantities with rotation of products.
• Interacts with customers in catering, retail outlets, or patient care.
• May deliver patient meals, cashier, stock, and operate ware-washing equipment.

Skills

Food Handling

Food Safety

Food Production

Follow Instructions

Recipes

Reading

Organizing

Communication

Job description

Job Description:

Job Specifics:

Schedule: Full-Time (40 hours)

Shift: Primarily scheduled Monday through Friday on day shift, with occasional evening and weekend rotations. Rotating holiday coverage required.

Location: St. Vincent Hospital, Billings, Montana

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Uniforms are provided

Create Memorable Experiences Through Food | Showcase Your Culinary Talent | Join a Team That Cares

Join the Nutrition Services team at Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Billings, Montana, and help deliver exceptional catering and dining experiences for meetings, events, patients, visitors, and caregivers. As a Hospital Catering Cook, you’ll prepare high-quality meals, refreshments, and specialty menu items that bring people together while supporting the mission of compassionate care.

Food plays an important role in every experience, whether it’s a caregiver recognition event, a leadership meeting, a community gathering, or a patient celebration. In this role, you’ll use your creativity and culinary expertise to prepare, present, and serve delicious food while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and hospitality in a healthcare environment.

You’ll have opportunities to expand your skills in catering operations, menu execution, event preparation, specialty food production, and customer service while working alongside a supportive team dedicated to excellence. If you enjoy creating memorable dining experiences, thrive in a fast-paced kitchen, and take pride in delivering outstanding service, this is the role for you. Bring your passion for food and hospitality. Create meaningful moments. Build your future with us.

St. Vincent Regional Hospital delivers compassionate, quality care to the people of Montana and Northern Wyoming, as it has for more than 125 years. In addition to 30 regional clinics, we offer a number of progressive specialty services. St. Vincent even has a special "hospital within a hospital" just for children, St. Vincent Children's Hospital.

What does it mean to be a caregiver with Intermountain? Check out this video and learn more and discover the "Power of We.".

Job Function

Performs a variety of food production duties under general supervision.

Essential Functions

• This position prepares and cooks food, serves customers, completes other duties as assigned.

• Follows recipes and/or instructions in the preparation of food items

• May prepare bulk food items, large scale production, line cook or complete assembly of specialty meals and catered items

• Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment

• Maintains proper quantities of production with appropriate rotation of product

• Interacts with customers in any venue-catering, retail outlets or patient care

• May be required to deliver patient meals, cashier, stock, use automatic and manual ware-washing machines

Skills

• Food Handling

• Food Safety and Sanitation

• Food Production

• Follows Instructions

• Recipes - ability to understand and execute

• Reading

• Organizing

• Communication

Qualifications

• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work (required only in the states of Utah and Idaho).
• Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
• Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
• Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Location:

Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital

Work City:

Billings

Work State:

Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$19.31 - $25.11

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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