Cook

Job Title: Cook

Location: RWJUH Somerset

Department Name: Dietary-Management

Req #: 0000272487

Status: Hourly

Shift: Evening

Pay Range: $22.55 - $27.06 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Cook

As a Cook, you'll help prepare safe, high-quality meals according to planned menus in a high-production healthcare food service environment. You'll follow standardized recipes, dietary requirements, sanitation procedures, and food storage guidelines while keeping production on schedule. Your attention to food safety, food preparation, proper storage, and kitchen sanitation directly supports reliable meal service for patients and customers.

A Typical Day

• Follow all recipes to conform with dietary restrictions.
• Follow correct procedures for handling raw and cooked products according to sanitary guidelines.
• Follow department dress code requirements.
• Follow sanitary guidelines for personal hygiene.
• Maintain the proper production schedule, so food is ready in a timely manner.
• Perform sanitation duties as assigned.
• Prepare food according to the planned menu.
• Properly store all prepared foods using the FIFO system at all times.
• The report identified safety issues and hazardous environmental conditions according to established procedures.

This Role Might Be For You

• You have experience working in high-production food service and understand the importance of staying on schedule.
• You take food safety, sanitation, and proper food storage seriously.
• You are comfortable following recipes and dietary restrictions accurately.
• You notice safety concerns and understand the importance of reporting them promptly.
• You enjoy hands-on cooking in a structured healthcare kitchen environment.

To Be Considered

To be considered for this Cook opportunity, a high school diploma and experience in high-production food service are required. Three to five years of grill or high-volume cooking experience is preferred. This is a per diem position scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. with rotating weekends and holidays.