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Cook/Host/Cafeteria Server | Hospital

Avera Health
Sioux Falls, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Jun 2025
💰 $44,000/yr($34,000/yr$44,000/yr)

About the role

Location:

Avera St Luke's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$17.25 - $22.75

Position Highlights

This position will work multiple positions as a Cook, Host and Cafeteria Server.

Cook:
A Brief Overview:
Responsible for preparation, cooking, service, and distribution of food in accordance with approved menus for patients/residents, employees and visitors.

What you will do:

  • Prepares all food items for patients/resident, meal service, staff, cafeteria, and special functions.
  • Meets standards established by appropriate leader for food preparation, quality, sanitation, and efficiency.
  • Delivers all products according to time schedule set for specific item.
  • Makes recommendations to leader for all menu items.
  • Completes daily assigned cleaning in accordance with approved standards.
  • Responsible for delivering excellent customer service by utilizing the appropriate scripts developed for Food Services.
  • Ensures that all dietary procedures are following in accordance with established policies.
  • Completes additional tasks as assigned

Cafeteria Server/Cashier:

A Brief Overview:

Responsible for light food preparation, plating food, putting away storeroom stock, catering functions, and assigned cleaning of the kitchen.

What you will do:

  • Make recommendations to Leader for all menus.
  • Complete daily assigned cleaning in accordance with approved standards.
  • Stocks refrigerator, storerooms, work areas with appropriate labeling and dating procedures, food temperature record keeping, breaking down boxes.
  • May operation dish machine, garbage disposal, steam tables, coffee makers, toasters, food processor, espresso machine, and coffee grinder.
  • Serves meals/beverages with attention to temperature maintenance.


You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.


A Brief Overview

Responsible for preparation, cooking, service, and distribution of food in accordance with approved menus for patients/residents, employees and visitors.

What you will do

  • Prepares all food items for patients/resident, meal service, staff, cafeteria, and special functions.
  • Meets standards established by appropriate leader for food preparation, quality, sanitation, and efficiency.
  • Delivers all products according to time schedule set for the specific item.
  • Makes recommendations to leader for all menus.
  • Completes daily assigned cleaning in accordance with approved standards.
  • Responsible for delivering excellent customer service by utilizing the appropriate scripts developed for Food Services.
  • Ensures that all dietary procedures are followed in accordance with established policies.
  • Completes additional tasks as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

  • High School or GED Equivalent
  • ServSafe Certificate - National Restaurant Association Upon Hire
  • Less than 1 year Food service/cooking related education and /or training.

Expectations and Standards

  • Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
  • Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
  • Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
  • Maintain confidentiality.
  • Work effectively i

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