NMS in Dillingham, AK is hiring for a full-time Hospital Cook. Do you enjoy cooking delicious and nutritious food? Would you like a culinary career in the healthcare industry with a company that values you? If so, keep reading!

This food service position earns a competitive wage of $19.80/hour. We provide our Hospital Cooks with outstanding benefits, including medical, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), a 401(k), life insurance, and an employee assistance program (EAP). Additionally, we offer lodging and three free meals a day. If this sounds like the right kitchen food service opportunity for you, apply today!

NMS: WHAT DRIVES US

Built on a culture of safety and integrity, we deliver award-winning support services to a variety of clients. Our hospital's mission is to provide quality health care with competence, compassion, and sensitivity. Looking to our core values for guidance, we seek to provide accessible healthcare, promote health, prevent disease, and respect each individual's dignity and choices.

Taking care of our team members is important. Our company is represented by five generations! We are extremely committed to maintaining a diverse employee community. In addition to rewarding work, we offer competitive pay and plenty of opportunities for growth. Local residents love living in the "Red Salmon Capital of the World" - we're a nature lover's paradise!

YOUR DAY AS A HOSPITAL COOK

As a Hospital Cook, your days are busy and exciting. You spend most of your time in the kitchen, cooking culinary delights such as soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other dishes of restaurant quality. Patients, staff members, and guests of our healthcare center are certainly grateful for your culinary abilities!

Food safety is a top priority, and you always make sure the cooking and food service areas are kept sanitary. Cooking, cleaning, and making sure everyone is well-fed gives you great satisfaction - you love that you're doing such important work in the healthcare industry!

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A HOSPITAL COOK

Required:

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent
• An Alaska food handler's card and ServSafe contingent upon 30 days of hire
• 1+ years of work experience or documented vocational training sufficient to demonstrate a knowledge of cleaning equipment, food preparation, and general cleaning processes for this type of work
• Ability to follow standardized written recipes
• Proficiency using the following equipment: steam tables, dish machine, trash carts, knives, ovens, slicers, mixers, grills, grinders, fryers, broilers, flat tops, counter mixers, roasting ovens, and kettles.
• Ability to pass a fingerprinting background investigation that complies with The Crime Control Act, Child Care Worker Act, and the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act
• Ability to speak, understand, read, and write English
• Proof of immunization for TB, and any other immunizations and screenings designated for this contract
• Contract requires candidate to get a flu shot pre-hire and annually thereafter.
• Contractor may be required to maintain all employee health records on site.
• This contract requires COVID-19 vaccination.

Background Requirement:

An individual is ineligible to work in any position that has regular contact with or control over children, dependent adults, or vulnerable persons if the individual has been convicted of:

• One or more felonies or two or more misdemeanors of crimes against persons or crimes of violence.
• Any crime against a child, dependent adult, or vulnerable person, regardless of its classification as a felony, misdemeanor, or other type of offense.
• Any sex crime, regardless of its classification as a felony, misdemeanor, or other type of offense.
• Murder.

Preferred:

• Previous food service, cooking, or hospitality industry experience

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

Weather: Indoors: environmentally controlled; requires most or all work to be done inside.

Noise level: Moderate

Description of environment: An industrial hospital kitchen located in a healthcare setting.

Physical requirements: Employee is required to lift or move up to 50 lbs. Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk/hear, see, taste/smell, and carry weight/lift.

Travel: None

Do you feel energized by the fast pace of a busy kitchen? Is your attention to detail exceptional? Do you enjoy the camaraderie that comes with being a part of a cohesive culinary team? If yes, you might just be perfect for this food service position!

WORK SCHEDULE FOR A HOSPITAL COOK

This full-time culinary position typically works a rotational schedule of 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off, 10 hours per day. We provide lodging and meals!

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR KITCHEN TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this Hospital Cook job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

Location: 99576