Patient Meal Preparer/Cook

The University of Kansas Health System; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a Patient Meal Preparer/Cook for the Strawberry Hill Campus. This role prepares meals for patients, visitors, and staff, while ensuring stations and equipment are clean and compliant with regulatory standards.

Responsibilities include cooking to order, following diet orders, collaborating with nursing and dieticians, and maintaining efficient kitchen operations.

Qualifications

• Experience as a cook, dietary aide, or food service.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation times.
• Maintains patient diet orders and communicates with nursing about diet issues.
• Cleans and sanitizes work stations and equipment according to regulatory rules.
• Adheres to policies and supervises efficient use of hospital resources.

Job description

Position Title

Patient Meal Preparer/Cook Strawberry Hill Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest

Under the direction of the Dietary Supervisor this position is responsible for preparing meals for patients, visitors and employees. The position will also clean and sanitize work stations and equipment as per regulatory rules and procedures and stock items in the food service department.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation times.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions.
• Maintains patient diet orders, affectively communicates with nursing if any issues arise pertaining to a patient’s diet order.
• Contacts dietician on call when problems arise with patient diet orders.
• Prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Typically performs fast food cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers.
• Follows basic product directions for preparing, cooking, and serving of meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuff for consumption.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment, measures and mixes ingredients, washing, and peeling, cutting and shredding vegetables.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• Cleans and sanitizes work stations and equipment following regulatory rules and procedures.
• Promotes effective teamwork.
• Displays professional behavior and positive attitude at all times.
• Adheres to organizational policies and procedures.
• Effectively manages hospital resources (time, supplies, equipment, etc.)
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.
• Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

1 or more years of experience as a cook, dietary aide, or food service.

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

R-32745

Important information for you to know as you apply

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail]. Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

About The University of Kansas Health System

As part of the region’s premier academic medical center, The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class healthcare provider and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We are driven by our commitment to service, continuous improvement and to the highest degree of excellence. Collaboration between physicians, nurses, researchers, educators and other professionals who share their expertise leads to exciting discoveries and life-changing treatments for the people we serve.