**Join the team at Avera!** **Award Winning Health Care:** Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. **Culture:** Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. **You Belong at Avera:** Competitive pay, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. **Join Avera as a Cook and** **join a mission-driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.** **_Position Highlights:_** + **Positive Work Environment:** Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care. + **Encouraging Work Environment:** Customer focused and dedicated to the resident centered style meal service. + Great employees are our best investment here at **Avera!** Let us help **you** keep growing while being a part of the **Avera team!** **Job Summary** Provides quality and appetizing, prepared and presented menu items for patient/resident, employee/visitor and administrative catered meals. Supports the hospital’s goal of excellence in patient care in a Christian, caring environment by facilitating positive employee relations and supporting department goals. Provides exceptional care and service to patients, residents, guests and fellow employees at all times. Performs all duties and responsibilities in such a way as to demonstrate and support the hospital’s Catholic heritage and Avera co-sponsorship values of hospitality, compassion, and stewardship. Provides care/service in accordance with regulatory and accrediting agencies standards and the Ethical and Religious Directives for healthcare. **Education and/or Experience** + High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred. + One to three years food service/cooking related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience. + Intermediate food handling and sanitation skills. Institutional food production experience is preferred. **Licensure/Certification/Registration** + ServSafe Certification preferred. **Work Schedule** + Day/Evening Shift: 5:00am-3:30pm and/or 8:00am-6:30pm, 20 hours every 2 weeks **Pay** The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. + $18.25 - $22.25 per hour What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/) 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.