Job Description
Cook II
Full Time & Part Time Shifts Available
The Food & Nutrition Services team at Baptist Health Lexington supports patient care by providing safe, nutritious, and high-quality meals. The Cook II prepares a variety of food items for patient services, cafeteria, and catering while following standardized recipes, culinary standards, and food safety guidelines. This role ensures quality food production through advanced cooking techniques, proper equipment operation, sanitation practices, and teamwork to deliver exceptional service to patients, visitors, and staff.
The Cook II prepares high-quality food for patient dining, cafeteria, catering, and chef stations while following recipes, culinary standards, and food safety guidelines. Responsibilities include advanced food preparation, equipment operation, quality presentation, sanitation, mentoring team members, and supporting efficient kitchen operations.
Job Responsibilities
Job Description:
- Prepares and cooks food according to standardized recipes, production schedules, and plating standards while ensuring quality and consistency.
- Applies proper cooking techniques, measurements, and presentation methods for meals and events.
- Follows HACCP, food safety, sanitation, storage, and temperature control procedures to maintain a safe food environment.
- Operates and maintains kitchen equipment safely and efficiently.
- Mentors Cook I team members and supports staff development while providing positive customer interactions in service areas.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lexington, KY |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Company Size | 1001 - 5000 |
| Headquarters | Lexington, KY, US |
| Website | https://bhs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers |
Qualifications
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 2 years minimum cook experience
- ServeSafe Foodservice Handlers or Local Health Department Certification
- Must complete Rouxbe Culinary Training course within 6 months
- 2 year Culinary Degree preferred
Benefits: Full-Time
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement with Company Match
Benefits
On Site Cafeteria, Paid Time-Off, Tuition Reimbursement, 401K, Military Leave, Health Care on Site, 401K Match, Retirement / Pension Plans, Parking, Professional Development, Medical, Dental, Vision
About Company
Baptist Health is a system of hospitals across the state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. We are committed to being a top employer, as well as care provider in the markets we serve.
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Skills
- Cafeteriaunmatched
- Catering Servicesunmatched
- Cook Dishesunmatched
- Food Productionunmatched
- Food Safetyunmatched
- Food Servicesunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Nutritionunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Sanitationunmatched
- Service Deliveryunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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