Cook

Job Title: Cook
Job Description

This role prepares and serves made-to-order meals in a small, clean, climate-controlled hospital setting. You work a standard Monday through Friday schedule from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with alternating weekend shifts. You support a family-like team by cooking on a ticket system, assisting with kitchen prep and cleaning, and providing friendly customer service to patients and guests.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals to order using a ticket system, ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely service.
• Perform line cook duties, including grilling, sautéing, baking, and assembling plates according to established standards.
• Support daily food preparation tasks such as chopping, portioning, and organizing ingredients for service.
• Serve food and interact courteously with patients and guests, answering basic questions and ensuring a positive dining experience.
• Provide customer service in a professional, friendly manner, maintaining a customer service–oriented approach at all times.
• Assist with tray line operations, assembling and organizing meal trays accurately and efficiently.
• Communicate with patients and staff in a respectful, clear, and helpful way when discussing meals or service needs.
• Wash dishes, utensils, and kitchen equipment, ensuring they are cleaned, sanitized, and properly stored.
• Perform general cleaning tasks, including wiping surfaces, cleaning equipment, and maintaining a neat and orderly kitchen.
• Sweep and mop floors regularly to maintain a safe and sanitary work area.
• Handle basic dishwasher and dishwashing duties, including loading, running, and unloading dish machines.
• Follow food safety and sanitation guidelines at all times to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Adapt quickly to changing needs in the kitchen and willingly assist with any task requested to support the team.
• Learn new processes and procedures quickly and apply them consistently in daily work.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience working as a cook or line cook in a ticket-based, made-to-order environment.
• Ability to cook meals to order while maintaining speed, accuracy, and quality.
• Strong customer service skills and a customer service–oriented mindset when interacting with patients and guests.
• Experience with general food preparation, including chopping, portioning, and basic recipe execution.
• Knowledge of food safety practices and proper sanitation procedures in a kitchen or foodservice setting.
• Ability to perform dishwashing duties, including operating dish machines and hand-washing items as needed.
• Capability to handle cleaning tasks such as wiping surfaces, cleaning equipment, and maintaining kitchen cleanliness.
• Ability to sweep and mop floors and keep work areas safe and organized.
• Willingness to talk with patients and staff in a friendly and professional manner.
• Ability to move quickly, learn fast, and adapt to changing demands during busy periods.
• Positive attitude, reliability, and a strong willingness to do whatever is needed to support the team.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in foodservice or hospitality environments.
• Experience working in a hospital or healthcare foodservice setting.
• Comfort working both on the line and in support roles such as tray line, dishwashing, and cleaning.
• Flexibility to work a standard Monday–Friday 12:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. schedule with alternating weekends.
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration within a small, close-knit team.

Why Work Here?

You join a small, family-like team in a clean, climate-controlled hospital environment where your work directly supports patient comfort and care. The organization offers a meal allowance each shift and complimentary soda and coffee, helping you save on daily expenses. You benefit from a stable, consistent schedule with opportunities to grow and move into other departments within the hospital, supporting long-term career development in a supportive and respectful workplace.

Work Environment

You work in a small, clean, climate-controlled hospital kitchen and foodservice area. The environment supports both patient-facing service and back-of-house operations, including line cooking, tray line assembly, dishwashing, and general kitchen prep. Shifts run Monday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with alternating weekend coverage. The facility emphasizes cleanliness and sanitation, with regular sweeping, mopping, and equipment cleaning as part of the daily routine. The pace can be busy during meal times, requiring you to move efficiently while maintaining a professional appearance and appropriate kitchen attire suitable for a healthcare foodservice setting.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Saint Louis, MO.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $18.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Saint Louis,MO.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 24, 2026.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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