**Location:** Freeman, SD **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Day Shift (United States of America) Freeman Regional Health Service is looking for individuals to join our growing, team-oriented organization. **Position Highlights** **Nutrition Services Cook Assistant** **Location:** **Freeman Regional Health Services** **Worker Type:** **Part Time - Benefit Eligible (working at least 48 hours per pay period)** **Work Shift:** Day Shift (5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) Rotating weekends/holidays **Brief Overview** Cooking and distributing meals is rewarding when you're doing it to comfort residential or recovering patients. Your work directly supports healthcare workers, residents, and guests with quality customer service through snack and meal preparation, assembly and cleanup. You’ll like working with a purpose while interacting with others in an energetic, caring workplace. In a food and services role, you can deliver a great service experience with delicious meals and a positive attitude. **What you will do:** + Prepare food items for assigned area. + Meet standards established by Leader for food preparation, quality, sanitation, and efficiency. + Follow extended menu and standardized recipes, memorize basic foods allowed on modified diets, use Diet Manual as a reference and keeps work area orderly and sanitary. + Stock refrigerator, storerooms, work areas with appropriate labeling and dating procedures, food temperature record keeping, breaking down boxes. + Serve meals/beverages with attention to temperature maintenance. + Mentor new employees and assists with their orientation. + Lead, by example, following Freeman Regional Health Services CARE standards. **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + High School or GED Equivalent + High school or vocational school coursework in kitchen basics such as food safety, preferred. **Essential Qualifications:** The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.