Cook - Full Time - Rotating Shifts

About the role

Humboldt Park Health is a 200-bed, acute care facility deeply committed to serving the Humboldt Park community since 1894. We focus on patient-centered care, quality of care, and offer comprehensive benefits including health coverage, life insurance, retirement planning, and continuous growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food and serves hospital patrons and patients.
• Takes and completes orders from customers and cooks foods requiring short preparation time, according to customer/patient requirements.
• Ensures the food is cooked to proper temperature and helps with any catering as necessary.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, wash, peel, cut and shred fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• Selects recipes per menu cycle, prepares bakery items, receives inventory, moves and lifts foodstuffs and supplies, and prepares meals for customers requiring special diets.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment, as necessary.
• Follows client and regulatory rules and procedures.

Qualifications

• High School/GED
• Previous experience is highly desirable

Skills

• Knowledge of kitchen equipment and procedures
• Ability to follow recipes and product directions
• Attention to detail for food preparation and service

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• Employer-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) that increases with years of service
• Education reimbursement, subject to eligibility
• Employee wellness programs
• Additional voluntary benefits

Pay

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Schedule

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