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UNC Health Care • Kinston, NC 28504 • Posted 30+ days ago
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The Cook at UNC Health Care is responsible for preparing, portioning, cooking, and presenting a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods, including Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. This role requires knowledge of basic operation of equipment, cash-handling procedures, and food safety, with a focus on maintaining a professional environment and providing high-quality food service.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods.
- Maintain a positive attitude and professional relationship with co-workers and other departments.
- Use a computer for various tasks.
- Familiarity with kitchen equipment.
- Read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
- Apply advanced cooking skills and adapt procedures, processes, tools, equipment, and techniques to meet the requirements of the position.
Qualifications
Required
- High School Grad/GED preferred.
- Food Safety Certification preferred for advancement.
- 3 to 4 years of related work experience.
- Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures preferred.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
- Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
- Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
- Ability to use a computer.
- Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment.
- Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
- Involved with the more complex requirements of the position.
- Applies some advanced cooking skills.
- Extensive working knowledge of food preparation.
About UNC Health Care
UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, offering integrated health services.
Full Job Description
**Description**
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
The Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods; to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events.
Other information:
**Education Requirements:**
● High School Grad/GED preferred but not required.
**Licensure/Certification Requirements:**
● Food Safety Certification preferred for advancement.
**Professional Experience Requirements:**
●3 to 4 years of related work experience.
+ Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures preferred.
**Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:**
+ Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
+ Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
+ Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
+ Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
+ Ability to use a computer.
+ Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment.
+ Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
+ Involved with the more complex requirements of the position.
+ Applies some advanced cooking skills. May adapt procedures, processes, tools, equipment and techniques to meet the requirements of the position.
+ Extensive working knowledge of food preparation.
01.8010.2604
**Job Details**
Legal Employer: Lenoir Health
Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care
Organization Unit: Dietary Services
Work Type: Part Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: LENOIR MEM
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
The Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods; to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events.
Other information:
**Education Requirements:**
● High School Grad/GED preferred but not required.
**Licensure/Certification Requirements:**
● Food Safety Certification preferred for advancement.
**Professional Experience Requirements:**
●3 to 4 years of related work experience.
+ Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures preferred.
**Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:**
+ Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
+ Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
+ Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
+ Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
+ Ability to use a computer.
+ Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment.
+ Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
+ Involved with the more complex requirements of the position.
+ Applies some advanced cooking skills. May adapt procedures, processes, tools, equipment and techniques to meet the requirements of the position.
+ Extensive working knowledge of food preparation.
01.8010.2604
**Job Details**
Legal Employer: Lenoir Health
Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care
Organization Unit: Dietary Services
Work Type: Part Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: LENOIR MEM
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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