Cook
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- Javon Bea Hospital - Rockford, IL
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Overview
Performs daily kitchen / cafeteria duties to provide a safe clean and sanitized environment for our patients, residents, customers, and partners with quality service in mind. Dishes and assembles food items. Sets up, delivers and picks up patient trays. Operates dish machine. Washes pots & pans. Operates, cleans and sanitizes other kitchen equipment including cooking equipment as needed. Replenishes stock.
Maintains a clean work area. Performs cashier duties as needed. Has the ability to work in a fast paced environment. Performs other duties as assigned. May work alternate shifts, weekends and holidays. May be assigned overtime during peak periods. Maintains flexibility in scheduling and work/area assignments according to department and system needs.
Schedule: Full Time and Part Time
Holiday and Weekend Rotation
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Reads patient tray ticket orders and places items on trays.
- Delivers / serves patient trays, snack and supplements Assist patients with opening any items
- Collects patient trays from room, stacks dirty dishes on cart and returns cart to kitchen
- Operates dish machine
- Performs daily / weekly cleaning tasks
- Washes and sanitizes dishes, pots and pans, and kitchen equipment
- Maybe required to filter hot oil with mesh strainer and/or change oil in fryers
- Serves cafeteria customers
- Operates cash register
- Portions food items as directed
- Replenishes stock with proper rotation
- Takes and records food temperatures
- Takes and records equipment temperatures
- Cleans and sanitizes work area, tables, and cabinets
- Collects and places garbage and trash in designated containers
- Follows scripting when delivering patient trays
- Adheres to department safety and sanitation regulations
- Use protective barriers (gloves, apron, and proper hair coverings)
- Excellent customer service skills needed when delivering patient trays
Education And/or Experience
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Pay Range
$16.56 - $24.01
Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more. Click here for more details.
At Mercyhealth, we don't simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including:
- #1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50
- One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
- A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
From Mercyhealth Wisconsin And Illinois's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 15, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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