Food Service Prep Cook

Title:

Food Service Prep Cook Job Type: Regular Company:
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Department:
Nutrition & Food Service Time Type:
Full time Weekly

Hours:

40

FTE: 1

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)
Summary

Are you passionate about food preparation and creating quality meals that make a difference? Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking a Food Service Prep Cook to join our Nutrition & Food Service team. In this role, you'll help prepare fresh, nutritious meals that support our patients, visitors, and staff. Working alongside experienced culinary professionals, you'll contribute to patient meal service, retail dining, catering events, and other food service operations in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

• Prepare ingredients and perform food preparation and basic cooking duties.
• Support patient meal service, retail operations, catering, and special events.
• Follow standardized recipes, production sheets, and portion standards to ensure quality and consistency.
• Assist with therapeutic diet requirements and food allergy accommodations.
• Adhere to HACCP food safety, sanitation, and infection control standards.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient kitchen and work area.
• Work collaboratively with Food Service leadership and the culinary team to deliver exceptional service.

High School diploma or High School Equivalency diploma and the equivalent of one (1) year of prior full-time experience in food service operations.

NOTE:

Degrees must be conferred by an accredited school, college, or university, or by an institution recognized by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and/or Health Research Incorporated as adhering to acceptable educational standards.

The ideal candidate should have previous food preparation, cooking, or food service experience. Knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices, ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, along with a positive attitude and team-oriented mindset.

The starting hourly rate for this position is $18.33.

• comprehensive benefits package

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation (RPCIC) and Health Research Inc. (HRI) Roswell Park Division believe that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants or job seekers because of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, creed, age, disability, pregnancy-related condition, military or veteran status, marital or familial status, domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, genetic information, individual’s relationship or association with a member of a protected category or any other protected group status as defined by law.

RPCIC and HRI are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email HR-Benefit sand Leaves and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

RPCIC and HRI are committed to providing an environment where patients, families, employees and community are treated with courtesy and respect. We support an inclusive environment that nurtures the talents, skills and abilities of each individual to embody and reflect our core values:
Innovation, Integrity, Teamwork, Commitment, Compassion and Respect.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at  or via email .

Welcome to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. As one of the largest employers in Western New York, Roswell has over 3,300 employees, including over 200 physicians and scientists and 400 nurses. It’s a new era at Roswell Park. Leading the way in cancer research, treatment and education for more than a century, today Roswell Park is setting our course for a second century of extraordinary advances in cancer research and treatment.

Equipped with the best facilities, the sharpest and most creative minds, and the single objective of curing cancer, we stand on the threshold of historic discovery.