Cook

In 2020, united in a fierce commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience, Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care, including 11 hospitals and nearly 5,000 physicians and providers. Together, we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.

CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason are now united to build the future of patient-centered care across the Pacific Northwest. That means a seamlessly connected system offering quality care close to home. From basic health needs to the most complex, highly specialized care, our patients can count on us to meet their needs with convenient access to the region’s most prestigious experts and innovative treatments and technologies.

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

As a Cook, you'll prepare food such as main entrees, soups and sauces in a commercial healthcare kitchen. You'll use basic and advanced cooking techniques to prepare delicious and nutritious meals for our patients, our guests and staff.

What We are looking for:

• Excellent customer service skills
• Great interpersonal & conversational skills, teamwork-oriented, detailed focus
• Technically skilled & organized culinarians for short order and prep/production cooking in a restaurant-like environment.
• Ability to follow established scratch cooking recipes
• Proficiency with commercial kitchen equipment use and cleaning
• Catering knowledge helpful
• Ability to learn therapeutic diets
• Basic computer knowledge (e.g. email, etc.)
• Knowledge of on-line food ordering, inventory systems/processes preferred
• Two years of progressively responsible related work experience in the fast-food, restaurant, hospitality or other culinary environment or venue that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities.
• Vocational training courses in large-quantity cooking is strongly preferred

Training and development will be provided to expand your knowledge/proficiency of therapeutic diets.

Restaurant professionals are encouraged to apply, no prior health care experience required.  

Successful completion of Washington State Food Worker Card (FWC) is required prior to employment.

Minimum of 2 years of experience required.

Successful completion of ServSafe Advanced Food Safety Certification (required within 90 days of date of hire).