Cook

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care, including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. The hospital is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital, and a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence. Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed all-private suite hospital, also holds Magnet status and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical, surgical, and critical care services. The Food & Nutrition Department delivers high-quality nutrition services to patients, staff, and visitors daily, including vending machines and catering for meetings and special events.

About the Role

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 while 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., including washing, peeling, cutting, seeding vegetables/fruits, and 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 institutional equipment while meeting proper food quality and 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 with 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.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Less than 2 years of experience
• ServSafe Certification

Benefits

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

Not all benefits apply to all jobs.

Schedule

40 hours a week