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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8hr day/night, rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays
Posted Date
10/23/2024
Salary Range: $22.34 - 28.91 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
19850

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

UCLA Health's Ronald Reagan Hospital is looking for a dedicated skilled full-time Senior Cook to join our Department of Nutrition. In this role, you will play a key part in support out food service operations, ensuring high-quality meal preparation, and providing excellent customer service. Primary duties include:

  • Set up service lines and pre-plate foods for meal service
  • Prepare meals by cooking, grilling, baking, and managing the omelet and stir-fry stations
  • Assist customers during service times, ensuring a positive dining experience
  • Follow standardized recipes to maintain consistency and quality
  • Review menus, production sheets, and recipes to ensure all necessary items are prepared
  • Cook a variety of foods, including meat, fish, and vegetables, using various methods
  • Clean, peel, cut, slice, dice, weight, and measure ingredients as needed for recipes
  • Plate and garnish food to ensure an attractive presentation
  • Perform other duties as assigned to support the departments goals

Salary range: $22.34/hr - $28.91/hr

Senate Bill 525 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2023. Starting June 1, 2024, SB525 sets a new $23 minimum wage for nonexempt healthcare workers and raises the exempt employee salary threshold to $1,380/week (equivalent to $5,980/month or $71,760/year).


1. As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of “health care services,” which means “patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care”.


2. Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria.

Job Qualifications

Valid ServSafe food handling certification
Experience cooking in a professional setting
Ability to interact and work well with others (leadership, coworkers, and customers)
Ability to read, write, and comprehend standard English
Ability to work in a standing position for long periods of time
Ability to stretch, bend, walk, stoop, and reach repetitively
Ability to work in hot, cold, or wet areas
Ability to lift, push, or pull at least 50lbs
Ability to work flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
Ability to adhere to UC and department policies and procedures

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional 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; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.