Job Title: Hospital Kitchen Cook

Job Description

Join our hospital's kitchen team as a cook, responsible for preparing high-volume, fresh meals safely and efficiently. Embrace our cook/serve program, creating delicious breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes from scratch. Utilize your skills in measuring and following recipes to ensure quality and consistency.

Responsibilities

Cook high-volume meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Prepare food following recipes and measuring ingredients accurately.

Operate grill, flat top, and deep fryer to prepare eggs, burgers, hot dogs, and Philly Cheese Steaks.

Perform food prep tasks between meal services.

Ensure food is labeled correctly, contributing to 10% of your tasks.

Engage in 60% prep work and 30% cooking during your shift.

Essential Skills

2+ years of experience in volume cooking.

Excellent customer service skills.

Experience in measuring, cutting, and following recipes.

Proficiency in food prep and line cooking.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Experience in hotel, restaurant, or country club settings is a plus.

Food Safe Serve Qualified/ServSafe Certification preferred but not required.

Work Environment

Work in the hospital's Nutritional Services department with flexible hours ranging from 6am-2pm or 9am-6pm. Open availability is required, including working every other weekend.

Why Work Here?

Join a supportive team dedicated to providing quality meals in a healthcare setting. Enjoy the opportunity to enhance your culinary skills while contributing to the well-being of patients and staff. Experience a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Washington, District of Columbia.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $19.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Washington,DC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 25, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.