City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri Categories: Nutrition and Food Service Shift: Multiple Job Status: Full-Time Req ID: 85432 Pay Range: $15.40 – $25.56 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience) **Additional Information About the Role** **_Do you enjoy helping others? Do you enjoy cooking? Come join our team at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital as a Cook._** **DAILY PAY** + **Sign On Bonus $1000** + Full Time + Rotating 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** **BJC Total Rewards** 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 + Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC + 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 www.bjctotalrewards.com/Benefits (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)** *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