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**City/State:** O'Fallon, Missouri

**Categories:** Nutrition and Food Service

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 92345

**Pay Range:** $16.47 – $27.35 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

_Daily Pay Available!_

Looking for a fulfilling job that lets you help patients in need? Look no further than **_Progress West_** ! We're currently seeking a **_Lead_** **_Cook_** to join our team. As a lead cook, you'll be a part of leading our staff in providing meals to our patients, hospital staff and guests. Join us in our mission to provide quality services.

+ Full Time Role - 40 Hours a Week

+ Working an 8 hour shift anywhere between 6:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

+ Rotating Holidays and Works Every Other Weekend

Overview

Opened in 2007, **Progress West Hospital** is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care.

Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.

Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Performs food production activities such as pre-preparation and preparation of hot foods for the patients, staff and guests. Responsible as the Lead Cook for the department management in Managers and/or Lead Employees absence.

Responsibilities

+ Prepares food items as assigned according to standardized recipes, food preparation guidelines and sanitation standards.

+ Consistently checks food for quality and correct temperature.

+ Maintains cost control and minimizes waste when preparing food.

+ Accommodates and has knowledge of special dietary requests.

+ Assists with the success of other dietary team members and assumes lead responsibility in management's absence.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ High School Diploma or GED

Experience

+ 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

+ No Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to www.bjctotalrewards.com/Benefits (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer