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Culinary Careers at Salem Health

Join Salem Health’s culinary team and make a difference in the lives of our patients, their families, community members and staff. We are looking for high-energy, professional cooks, baristas and cashiers.

When you think of hospital dining, you might imagine bland, large-batch food. But at Salem Health, we offer delightful and flavorful made-to-order options every day! Also, we serve countless fresh-prepared items in the grab and go sections of our bistros and espresso shop.

We pride ourselves on serving food that nourishes and puts smiles on the faces of our customers. If you have a culinary background and a passion for providing stellar customer service, our culinary team may be the perfect fit for you.

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Service areas

Creekside Dining

Creekside Dining — our flagship, full-dining café — is where the action is! We have a number of made-to-order stations serving up delights like German sausage with sauerkraut or Thai basil chicken stir-fry. Creekside also offers healthy and yummy grab and go items like salads, sandwiches, soups and Starbucks coffee beverages.
Lobby Bistro

The Lobby Bistro serves up delicious breakfast and lunch entrees, grab-and-go items, and fresh-brewed Starbucks coffee.
Express Yourself

Express Yourself is a gift shop and café offering gifts like teddy bears and balloons along with practical items like phone chargers and hygiene supplies. It also has healthy grab-and-go items like salads, sandwiches, soups and coffee for visitors and staff who are on the move.
Garden Bistro

In a smaller, more intimate setting, Garden Bistro offers healthy and delicious food items like salads, sandwiches, and soups for visitors and busy clinical staff.
Catering

Each day, our team also prepares catered meals for staff gatherings. They include such tasty menu items as Korean-style ribs (kalbi), steak au poivre and Polynesian chicken with coconut rice. If you love cooking and service on a larger scale and have an eye for tablescapes and presentation, this could be a great fit for you!
Room service

Salem Health’s award-winning food service has been in the Press Ganey Top 10 list. Patients can order from a room service menu to enjoy a meal based on the diet prescribed by their physicians, and their guests can order visitor room service. Nutrition Services will meet any special cultural or personal dietary needs to deliver delicious, made-to-order meals.

By the numbers

60,000: The number of meals we serve each month at our gift shop, coffee shop, mid-sized bistro and full-scale restaurant.
200: Maximum capacity for guests at Creekside Dining.
95 percent: Our baseline customer satisfaction survey score.

Benefits

Many of our culinary staff have worked at Salem Health for more than a decade. We have regular, set hours that you may not find in other restaurants. Salem Health offers excellent medical, dental and retirement benefits. In addition, our staff is fun and friendly. Check out what some of our talented team members say about Salem Health:

Culinary Careers at Salem Health

Service areas

Creekside Dining

Lobby Bistro

Express Yourself

Garden Bistro

Catering

Room service

By the numbers

Benefits