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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
a variable schedule including days, nights, weekdays, weekends, and holidays
Posted Date
04/27/2026
Salary Range: $21.76 - 28.13 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
3 months
Job #
30245

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

This position is responsible for performing a variety of cook duties for patients, staff, vistors, and special functions at the Santa Monica Hospital cafeteria and kitchen. Tasks include setting up service lines, pre-plating foods, preparation of meals, and serving customers.

You will be responsible for:

  • Reviewing menus, production sheets, recipes, and inventory to verify needs for the day
  • Cook meat, fowl, fish by baking, roasting, broiling, and steaming
  • Make soups, sauces, stews, and casseroles
  • Clean, peel, cut, slice, dice, weigh and measure ingredients for recipes
  • Plate and/or garnish food for attractive presentation
  • Maintain all foods and ingredients at safe temperatures; record data
  • Maintain food stations sanitary and organized
 
 

Job Qualifications

 
  • ServSafe food handler card or equivalent safe food handling certification. 
  • Experience cooking in a professional setting.
  • Experience utilizing a variety of professional kitchen and cooking equipment. 
  • Ability to work in a standing position for a long period of time; stretch, bend, walk, stoop and reach repetitively.
  • Ability to work in hot, cold, and/or wet areas.
  • Ability to push, pull, and lift 50+ lbs.
  • Ability to conform to dress code per sanitation policies.
  • Ability to use strong cleaning solutions.
  • Ability to read, write, and comprehend standard English.
  • Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with co-workers, customers, and management.
  • Flexible work schedule and ability to adjust to work load.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.