Cook I - Mount Carmel East

Trinity Health•Mount Carmel, TN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Position Purpose: As a skilled Culinary Professional, produces a safe and high-quality food product according to established guidelines, systems and recipes. Maintains a clean, sanitized, and organized work environment. Committed to customer and patient satisfaction. Communicates daily with supervisors and other team members effectively in a supportive and helpful way. Persons in this classification may be responsible for batch, large quantity, and short order types of cooking. Casual hours What You Will Do: Communicates and reviews menu and special orders daily with supervisors and other team members in a professional and supportive manner to determine production schedule and quantities of food items to be prepared for the day. Follows standardized recipes in preparation of all foods. Reads production tally/menu and organizes workload to have food items prepared by the specified deadlines in sufficient quantity. Maintains proper workflow when line cooking. Adheres to all applicable guidelines regarding the storage, handling, and preparation of food as well as in the sanitation and maintenance of work area. Reports problems with equipment to supervisor. Ensures food preparation areas are clean, sanitized, and orderly always. Utilizes proper chemical and cleaning/sanitation techniques. Minimum Qualifications: Education: High school Graduate or 1-year equivalent experience with commercial production food service. Must have basic math skills to, including addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication. Must know how to read, write, and speak English. Licensure / Certification: Food handlers’ certification within 6 months of hire Experience: Relevant work experience in a hospital setting, large institution or Commercial kitchen preferred Effective Communication Skills and customer service skills Position Highlights and Benefits: Mount Carmel Health System recognized by Forbes in 2025 as one of America’s Best State Employers. Competitive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision with coverage starting on day one. Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one. Generous paid time off programs. Employee recognition programs. Tuition/professional development reimbursement starting on day one. RN to BSN tuition 100% paid at Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing. Relocation assistance (geographic and position restrictions apply). Employee Referral Rewards program. Mount Carmel offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible colleague, you’ll be able to see how much you’ve made every day and transfer your money any time before payday. You deserve to get paid every day! Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups. Ministry/Facility Information: Mount Carmel, a member of Trinity Health, has been a transforming healing presence in Central Ohio for over 135 years. Mount Carmel serves over 1.3 million patients each year at our five hospitals, free-standing emergency centers, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, urgent care centers, primary care and specialty care physician offices, community outreach sites and homes across the region. Mount Carmel College of Nursing offers one of Ohio's largest undergraduate, graduate, and doctor of nursing programs. If you’re seeking a rewarding career where your purpose, passion, and desire to make a difference come alive, we invite you to consider joining our team. Here, care is provided by all of us For All of You! Our Commitment Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we’re 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.

Requirements

High school Graduate or 1-year equivalent experience with commercial production food service.
Must have basic math skills to, including addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication.
Must know how to read, write, and speak English.
Food handlers’ certification within 6 months of hire
Effective Communication Skills and customer service skills

Nice To Haves

Relevant work experience in a hospital setting, large institution or Commercial kitchen preferred

Responsibilities

Communicates and reviews menu and special orders daily with supervisors and other team members in a professional and supportive manner to determine production schedule and quantities of food items to be prepared for the day.
Follows standardized recipes in preparation of all foods.
Reads production tally/menu and organizes workload to have food items prepared by the specified deadlines in sufficient quantity.
Maintains proper workflow when line cooking.
Adheres to all applicable guidelines regarding the storage, handling, and preparation of food as well as in the sanitation and maintenance of work area.
Reports problems with equipment to supervisor.
Ensures food preparation areas are clean, sanitized, and orderly always.
Utilizes proper chemical and cleaning/sanitation techniques.

Benefits

Mount Carmel Health System recognized by Forbes in 2025 as one of America’s Best State Employers.
Competitive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision with coverage starting on day one.
Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one.
Generous paid time off programs.
Employee recognition programs.
Tuition/professional development reimbursement starting on day one.
RN to BSN tuition 100% paid at Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing.
Relocation assistance (geographic and position restrictions apply).
Employee Referral Rewards program.
Mount Carmel offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible colleague, you’ll be able to see how much you’ve made every day and transfer your money any time before payday.
Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.