UCLA Health

Cook

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  1 month ago
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Job Description


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.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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