Job Description

The Utah State Hospital is seeking to hire a full-time employee to prepare and serve food for both patients and employees at the beautiful Utah State Hospital campus. We are looking for someone who will be a positive addition to the team, willing and capable of the work required to prepare and serve over 1200 daily meals to our patients and staff. The schedule for this position after training is complete will be Sunday- Monday 10am-630pm, Tuesday-Wednesday OFF, Thursday-Saturday 4am-1230pm.

Minimum Qualifications

• Have a food handlers permit or Servsafe certificate.
• Have experience cooking in an institutional environment.
• Have experience preparing and setting up for catered events.
• Be able to lift 50 pounds.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Be able to cheerfully adapt to unforeseen changes, such as staffing needs and menu adaptations.
• May help in maintaining food storage areas.
  
  

Why You Should Join Our Team

Joining our team will allow you to provide delicious meals for our clients in a safe and respectful environment to promote hope and quality of life for individuals with mental illness. You will be meeting these needs in a Hospital that is fully accredited from the Joint Commission and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, certifying the high quality of the Hospital's environment and treatment programs.

In addition to working in a state-of-the-art Psychiatric Hospital with highly skilled clinicians who provide state-of-the-art programming to the individuals we treat, you will receive great health and retirement benefits. We provide generous paid time off so you will have a positive work-life balance. Please click the following like for a detailed information page: Benefits

Additional Benefits

• Access to a UTA Bus pass.
• Beautiful campus near the Wasatch Mountains.
• Cafeteria on site with meals, snacks and drinks available for purchase.
• Access to comfort rooms while on campus, and as well as other mental wellness benefits.
• Access to the Utah State Hospital Disc Golf Course.
  
  

The Agency

The Utah State Hospital provides a safe and healing environment in which all people are treated with dignity and respect. It is our purpose to assist patients to reach their potential, through individualized treatment, with a high value being placed on meeting the needs of each patient in a humanistic, caring and professional manner. For more information about the hospital, please visit our website.

Supplemental Information

• Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
• Work requires physical exertion. May require the ability to stand; walk over rough surfaces; bend, crouch, stoop, stretch, reach, lift moderately heavy items (up to 50 lbs.) in a recurring manner and/or for long periods of time.
• Department of Human Resource Management rules and Department of Heath and Human Services policies regarding promotions and transfers apply to current employees.
• The Utah State Hospital is a smoke free environment. No tobacco use is allowed on campus.
• Only applicants that meet minimum qualifications will be contacted.
• Utah State Hospital employees must pass both pre-employment and routine background checks
• Shifts are variable, but require weekend work.