Dietary Cook - Full Time - Lifepoint Health

DIETARY COOK

Carrollton Springs

Carrollton Springs, part of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, nationally known healthcare organization with diversified delivery network with facilities from coast to coast, seeks passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members to join our team. We specialize in compassionate behavioral health services for child/adolescent and adult populations, including crisis stabilization for acute mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care to decrease suicide rates, decrease addiction-related deaths, reverse the decline in life expectancy, and improve productivity in the communities we serve. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and flexible scheduling so you can focus on what matters–providing quality patient care. Join our team in Carrollton, Texas, to build a career that touches lives.

The Dietary Services team at Carrollton Springs Hospital plays a vital role in our mission of Changing People’s Lives®.  We seek team members that are outwardly passionate about not only creating but also maintaining a positive environment for all of our guests every day.  We are proud of the services that we bring to our patients and staff; we desire to build our team with others that are equally dedicated to the same positive outcome.  We actively reach out to our guests in a warm and welcoming way, understanding that our every interaction is crucial to the well-being of others around us.  We set the bar high for our Dietary Services team to embrace and deliver a compassionate style of customer service, to prepare and serve high quality appetizing meals and to maintain our dining facilities in a professional manner.  Changing People’s Lives® is what we do every day by delivering outstanding service while treating all with dignity, respect and passionate affirming behaviors.

Members of our team Enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation
• Daily Pay - We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule

• Collaborates with the Dietary Manager and Registered Dietician for menus and patient specific needs.
• Maintain accurate HACCP programs, checks food temperatures from delivery through consumption.
• Ensures department practices sanitation and food safety guidelines for appropriate food handling procedures, including use of service utensils and gloves.
• Interacts with patients and staff in the serving line, offering assistance of a nutritionally balanced meal, a role model for customer service.
• Prepares snacks and nourishments according to resident food preferences and physician orders.

Requirements:

• High school diploma, GED or combination of education and relevant work experience preferred.
• Reliable transportation
• May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.
• Food Safety/Sanitation certification preferred

Experience:

• Previous experience in food service, hospital experience preferred.