City/State: O'Fallon, Missouri Categories: Nutrition and Food Service Shift: Days Job Status: Full-Time Req ID: 86252 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 Progress West Hospital as a Cook_** **DAILY PAY** + **Sign On Bonus $1000** + Full Time - 40 hours per week + Cafe & Line Cook 2-3 days per week - 10:30 am - 7:00 pm + Mondays & Thursday - 6:30 am - 3 pm - Unload Truck and Cook for Cafe/prep as needed + Every Other Weekend: 10:30 am - 7 pm with a Holiday rotation + Working in Fast Paced Environment with flexibility a plus + Joining BJC Health System includes: Full Benefits package, Tuition Reimbursement, 401K match, Pension, Total Rewards Discount program and more **Overview** Opened in 2007, **Progress West Hospital** is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care. Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks. Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics. **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