Job Details
COOK - VARIOUS SHIFTS - FT
2026-05-02 JEFFERSON REGIONAL Pine Bluff,AR
Description:
Job Summary:
The Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking for patients, staff and visitors, taking into account any dietary restrictions or special requirements. Cooks must ensure food safety and sanitation standards are met and work closely with nutrition team to ensure recipes and portion controls are followed. Cooks and bakes entrees, casseroles, routine and complex recipes for patients, cafeteria and catering in a high quality and timely manner.
Cook Qualifications:
Benefits & Perks: your health and happiness matters! We offer:
Jefferson Regional complies with applicable Federal Civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
*Safety Sensitive Position Definition: The essential duties of the job require the employee to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner. A lapse in attention to detail may constitute a threat to health or safety resulting in injury, illness, or death. This position prohibits the current use of any illegal drugs.
What You Should Know About the Cook:
- Typical hours are Day Shift 4:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. or Night Shift 10:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Weekends and holidays possible.
- This position is based within Jefferson Regional Nutritional Services Department
Job Summary:
The Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking for patients, staff and visitors, taking into account any dietary restrictions or special requirements. Cooks must ensure food safety and sanitation standards are met and work closely with nutrition team to ensure recipes and portion controls are followed. Cooks and bakes entrees, casseroles, routine and complex recipes for patients, cafeteria and catering in a high quality and timely manner.
Cook Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Culinary Certification preferred.
- ServSafe Certification preferred
- This is safety sensitive position. *
- Minimum Requirements:
- Ability to work in a fast- paced environment.
- Good communication skills and ability to work well in a team or independently.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Multi-task and prioritize effectively.
- Full Kitchen/Cook experience required.
- Preferred Requirements:
- At least one year of work in a healthcare kitchen a plus.
- Knowledge of dietary requirements and nutrition in healthcare environment preferred.
- Prior work in a commercial kitchen
- Understand food safety and sanitation.
Benefits & Perks: your health and happiness matters! We offer:
- Competitive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Matching Retirement Plans
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Career growth
- And much, much, more!
Jefferson Regional complies with applicable Federal Civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
*Safety Sensitive Position Definition: The essential duties of the job require the employee to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner. A lapse in attention to detail may constitute a threat to health or safety resulting in injury, illness, or death. This position prohibits the current use of any illegal drugs.