Hilo Medical Center | Hilo, Hawaii | No Benefits, 10% Full Time Equivalent

Pay: $24.57 per hour, BC-05, BU 61

At Hilo Medical Center, a nationally-recognized "Top Performing" hospital, the Cook is a valuable member of our team. This position is responsible for preparing, seasoning and cooking food for hospital patients/residents, employees and visitors, maintaining and cleaning the work area, practicing safe and sanitary handling of food, equipment and supplies. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experiences may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40-hour workweek.

General Experience: One (1) year of experience in quantity cookery; or an equivalent combination of experience and training.

Substitution of Education for Experience:

1. An Associate in Science degree, from an accredited college in culinary arts, food service management, or comparable major, which demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking, may be substituted for the General Experience.

2. A Certificate of Achievement (at least 30 semester credit hours) from an accredited college in culinary arts, or comparable major, which demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking, may be substituted for the General Experience.

3. A Certificate of Completion (at least 12 semester credit hours) from an accredited college in culinary arts, or comparable major, which demonstrated knowledge of quantity cooking, may be substituted for six (6) months of General Experience.

Knowledge Of: Quantity cookery; use and care of cooking utensils and equipment; kitchen safety and sanitation requirements;methods of handling and storing foods; personal hygiene.

Ability To: Instruct and supervise others in cooking activities; estimate amounts of raw foods necessary to meet menu requirements; plan cooking schedules to meet scheduled meal times; get along well with others; tolerate kitchen heat; perform menu planning and food purchasing as required; perform heavy lifting, moving and carrying typical of the class.

Must be available to work shifts, weekends, and holidays as necessary, based on hospital operations (services are provided 24/7).

MEDICAL/PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT: Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment physical examination, which includes drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, two-step tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for physical examinations, except the cost for drug screening, shall be borne by the applicant and not the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT: COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. After receiving a conditional offer of employment, all prospective new HHSC employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. New employees are required to provide confirmation of their full vaccination status by presenting their CDC vaccination card or VAMS Certificate prior to their start date.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT: As part of our recruitment process for this position, we require candidates to take a series of pre-employment assessments after they have submitted their applications. Please look for an email confirmation containing instructions for the pre-assessment.