Casual Cook

Responsibilities/Job Description:

We're glad you are thinking about joining us.

Grand Itasca is a great place for Cooks. We're a non-profit organization with a clear vision of being the leader in transforming rural health care by achieving the highest levels of quality, access, and value. Our strength stems from teamwork and collaboration among a talented and diverse group of professionals. With over 700 employees in hundreds of different roles, Grand Itasca can offer a variety of career opportunities.

Let's talk about benefits.

• Competitive pay
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship/grant opportunities
• STDB (short term disability bank)
• Experience Pay Given
• Shift Differential
• On-the-Job training!

About the Position:

• Casual Cook (As Needed)
• Days, Evenings, and Weekends as needed
• On-site at Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital in Grand Rapids
• INTERNAL POSTING THROUGH: 09/11/2026

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for preparing and assisting with the set-up of all food items at Grand Itasca including meals for tray line and cafeteria, catering, and meals-on-wheels while ensuring adequate par levels of all food items.

Here's what you'll do when you join us:

• Reviews daily par levels and conducts all necessary food preparation for the current and next day’s needs.
• Prepare hot food items, ala’cart orders, set-up on heat and demand systems, and cook room service requests.
• Coordinate and assist with preparation and set-up of cafeteria, room service, meals on wheels and catering requests.
• Prepares food products to meet quality standards within appropriate time frames and records temperatures of hot food and cooling food down per department standards.
• Serve cafeteria customers and conducts money transactions accurately for payment using the cash register.
• Assure trays are prepared and cooked timely according to room service requests and diet orders.
• Maintains a “clean as you go” attitude demonstrated by a clean work area.
• Performs routine tasks using customer service skills, showing consideration of patients and other personnel in all service areas.
• Put away and rotate stock.
• All other duties assigned by your manager.

If you have these qualifications, we'd love to chat!

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Secondary training in food preparation and food service or previous experience as cook, salad assistant, caterer, or baker, in an a’ la carte setting.
• Demonstrated ability to follow and adhere to Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital policies, vision, mission and values.
• Maintains reliable and consistent attendance.

About Grand Itasca:

Grand Itasca brings the benefits of a large and respected health system to our local community. We are a non-profit, state-of-the-art, integrated clinic and hospital that is proud to offer a range of high-quality providers, specialties and services to our community. Enjoy our patient-centered, comprehensive approach, close to home without venturing from the beauty of northern Minnesota.

Qualifications:

$18.93- $23.39 Hourly