Culinary Associate, PRN

Shift: PRN Mornings, Rotating Weekends and Holidays

Department:
Dining and Nutrition Services

Compensation:

• Base Pay Range: $19.23 per hour
• Shift Differentials:
  • Additional $2.00 per hour for evening shift
  • Additional $2.00 per hour for weekend shift

MU Health Care is looking for a talented and enthusiastic cook to join our Dining and Nutrition Services team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for culinary excellence and a commitment to providing outstanding customer service. We seek someone who can maintain a positive attitude, greet everyone with a smile, and uphold the highest standards of food safety and infection control.

If you are eager to learn, adaptable, and ready to master new culinary skills, we want you! Join us in creating delicious, nutritious meals that make a difference in the lives of our patients and staff. Be part of a dynamic team that values excellence and supports your professional growth.

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions.

We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Learn more about MU Health Care.

Learn more about living in mid-Missouri.

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Work with medical staff, other ancillary professional staff, departmental service staff, patients, visitors, and the general public. Use a high degree of professionalism focused on customer (patient and retail) satisfaction at all times. Use proper scripting while in contact with patients, family, and guests. Maintain strict confidentiality and the utmost privacy of patient information, as required by HIPAA guidelines and PCI requirements.

Greets people with a smile and refrains from negative talk and public venting at all times while in MU Health Care facilities.

Follow the directives of the Dining & Nutrition Services management team related to work assignments, workloads, and areas in need of improvement. Training will be provided, and it is expected that employees will master these skills within their initial evaluation period, including work routines, culinary skills for assigned positions, food safety standards, nutrition education for work assignments, chemical use, proper kitchen equipment use, scripting, and customer-focused skills.

Perform culinary activities within a health care environment, insure food safety and infection control guidelines are being met, cross contamination is avoided, nutrition guidelines for patients and customers are met, and perform all culinary related activities such as hot and cold food preparation; grill cook;…