UCLA Health’s Ronald Reagan Hospital is looking for a dedicated skilled full-time Cook to join our Department of Nutrition. In this role, you will play a key part in support out food service operations, ensuring high-quality meal preparation, and providing excellent customer service. Primary duties include:

Set up service lines and pre-plate foods for meal service

Prepare meals by cooking, grilling, baking, and managing the omelet and stir-fry stations

Assist customers during service times, ensuring a positive dining experience

Follow standardized recipes to maintain consistency and quality

Review menus, production sheets, and recipes to ensure all necessary items are prepared

Cook a variety of foods, including meat, fish, and vegetables, using various methods

Clean, peel, cut, slice, dice, weight, and measure ingredients as needed for recipes

Plate and garnish food to ensure an attractive presentation

Perform other duties as assigned to support the departments goals

Salary range: $20.12/hr – $26.01/hr

Senate Bill 525 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2023. Starting June 1, 2024, SB525 sets a new $23 minimum wage for nonexempt healthcare workers and raises the exempt employee salary threshold to $1,380/week (equivalent to $5,980/month or $71,760/year). 

1. As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of “health care services,” which means “patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care”. 

2. Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria.