Cook PRN

About the role

Nutrition Services at Logan Regional Hospital is committed to providing high-quality, nutritious meals that support patient healing and satisfaction. As a Cook in our Room Service operation, you will prepare meals from scratch, following standardized recipes and food safety guidelines while ensuring accuracy, quality, and presentation standards are met. This role works in a fast-paced healthcare environment, collaborating closely with nutrition, dietary, and clinical teams to ensure patients receive meals that meet their dietary needs and are delivered safely and on time.

This is a PRN Cook position working primarily morning shifts. Caregivers may be scheduled based on department needs and could work weekdays, weekends, and holidays. Most PRN caregivers work 2-3 shifts per week (16-24 hrs/wk).

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks food, serves customers, completes other duties as assigned
• Follows recipes and/or instructions in the preparation of food items
• May prepare bulk food items, large scale production, line cook or complete assembly of specialty meals and catered items
• Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment
• Maintains proper quantities of production with appropriate rotation of product
• Interacts with customers in any venue—catering, retail outlets or patient care
• May be required to deliver patient meals, cashier, stock, use automatic and manual ware-washing machines

Qualifications

• Prior cooking experience is preferred
• Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work (required only in the states of Utah and Idaho)
• Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
• Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
• Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)

Skills

• Food Handling
• Food Safety and Sanitation
• Food Production
• Follows Instructions
• Recipes – ability to understand and execute
• Reading
• Organizing
• Communication

Pay

$19.31 - $25.11 per hour, based on experience.

Schedule

PRN position with no guaranteed hours (0-40 hrs/wk). Primarily morning shifts; may include weekdays, weekends, and holidays based on department needs.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and assess customer needs
• Frequent interactions requiring communication and understanding of spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy, including frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use
• Lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment; work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment (items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items)
• Remain standing for long periods of time
• Tolerate extremes in temperature (e.g., working at a grill or in a refrigerator) and exposure to cleaning chemicals