Hospital Dietary Cook - PRN Prep & Patient Meals

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Disability insurance paid by employer

401(k) plan with match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital is seeking a dietary role professional for PRN shifts to prepare hot and cold foods for patient services, retail and catering. The unit emphasizes high standards of sanitation and compliance with dietary requirements.

You will handle cooking tasks, follow standardized recipes, and ensure proper serving temperatures while maintaining a clean kitchen and adhering to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• ServSafe Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Preps and prepares food items following standardized recipes and procedures.
• Ensures proper food safety, storage, labeling, and temperature controls.
• Cleans and maintains sanitation of kitchen equipment and work areas.
• Adheres to dietary requirements and nutrition guidelines for patient meals.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• PRN (as neeeded on any day)
• Non-benefits eligible
• Ability to work all shifts: 5:00am to 1:30pm, 7:00am to 3:30pm and 11:30am to 8:00pm
• Weekends and holidays

Overview

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital offers highly specialized surgical and medical services in an intimate environment and is known for outstanding patient care. With 64 private patient rooms, 14 operating rooms and four intensive care unit rooms, the facility was designed to provide a comforting environment that is innovative, efficient and centered on the patient experience. The campus features a park-like setting with landscaping and a walking path that winds through the grounds and connects to Millennium Park.

The Dietary department committed to promoting healthy food options for patients, visitors and the community by providing a variety of meal plans to meet the needs of our patients. We offer ''Catering to You'' a program that brings hospitality hosts and hostesses to each patient¿s room to discuss the menu offerings, take their order and assemble, deliver and retrieve their tray. Our cafeteria is open daily, serving patients, visitors and staff.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Performs a variety of food service production activities such as pre-preparation and preparation of hot and cold foods for patient services, retail and catering operations following all dietary requirements. Properly handles and stores food per applicable regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Preps and prepares food items by cutting, chopping, slicing, dicing, pureeing, marinating, etc. This includes washing, peeling, cutting, seeding vegetables/fruits, along with weighing and measuring designated ingredients.

Follows standardized recipes, producing food items by utilizing various cooking techniques such as sautéing, broiling, braising, blanching, baking, grilling, deep fat frying, and steaming using a variety of institutional equipment while meeting proper food quality and proper serving temperatures.

Properly chills and stores foods in designated areas following all labeling, dating, food safety guidelines and rotation procedures as well as completing designated food safety quality control logs.

Ensures compliance of special dietary requirements, nutritional restrictions, allergens, modified textures and other special dietary needs.

Cleans kitchen equipment, appliances, and work areas to ensure conformance to the highest level of sanitation.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

No Experience

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience

<2 years

Licenses & Certifications

ServSafe Certification

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer