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Cook

Sentara Health
Norfolk, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026
City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Rotating

Overview:

Sentara Leigh Hospital is hiring a Full-time Cook to work Rotating Shifts for the Food Services Department.

Shift - Full Time, 36 hours a week, working 8-hour rotating shifts (working both day and evening shifts) and every other weekend.

(Up to $2,000 Sign-on Bonus for qualified candidates)

Prepares all hot foods for patient trayline, café, and functions including (but not limited to) entrees, vegetables, starches, and bakery items.

Licensure: Food Handlers (as required by local Health Department). Experience in Lieu of degree/diploma will be accepted.

Education

  • High School Grad or Equivalent / Experience in Lieu of a degree/diploma will be accepted.


Certification/Licensure

  • Food Handlers Card - Certification - Food Service Certification (as required by local Health Department).


Experience

Cook <1 year (Required)Food Service- <1 year (Required)
  • Restaurant or Hospital Cook Experience Preferred

  • Keywords: Cook, Line Cook, Sous Chef, Kitchen, Food Service, Talroo - Cook

    Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

    • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
    • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
    • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
    • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
    • Emergency Backup Care
    • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
    • Life Insurance
    • 401k/403B with Employer Match
    • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
    • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
    • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
    • Pet Insurance
    • Legal Resources Plan
    • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met


    Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

    Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

    In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

    For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

    Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

    Salary : $5,250

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