Dietary Aide

St. Joseph's Health Care London; London; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Joseph's Health Care London is seeking a part-time Food & Nutrition Services professional for the Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care in St. Thomas, ON.

Join an integrated team delivering nutritional care to patients and residents across sites. The role supports local purchasing goals, seasonal on-site vegetables, and sustainability goals while adhering to therapeutic diets and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Secondary (High) School Diploma
• Safe Food Handlers certification, prior to start date
• Knowledge of institutional food service and therapeutic diets
• Knowledge of safe food handling
• OHSA Safety Culture inHealth Care Setting
• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational and verbal/written communication skills
• Health and physical condition consistent with bending, standing, walking, or lifting up to 28 kg
• Strong customer service commitment
• Ability to work in a busy environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to work as a team player

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Verbal/written communication

Customer service

Team player

Ability to work with minimal Superv.

Physical stamina

Shift work flexibility

Safe food handling

Education

High School Diploma

Safe Food Handlers certification

Job description

Food & Nutrition Services - Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care

Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care - St. Thomas, ON

Part Time

Salary Range: $28.49 - $28.70 /hour

We are an integrated team that provides food and nutrition services to our patients and residents at all sites of St. Joseph's Health Care London. Our vision is to provide nutritional care that nourishes patients and residents, body, mind and spirit. We support our patients, community and the planet driven by our menu components which includes the patient voice, clinical requirements, budget, operations and sustainability. This is accomplished through our goals of increasing our local purchasing, growing fresh vegetables on site seasonally, composting and decreasing our food waste. Our departments operate within varying shifts from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM, seven days a week.

We take pride being an employer of choice in the food service industry.

It is understood that the hours of work reflect the current scheduling arrangements and are subject to change as determined by the Employer.

Essential Qualifications

• Secondary (High) School Diploma


• Safe Food Handlers certification, prior to start date


• Knowledge of institutional food service and therapeutic diets


• Knowledge of safe food handling


• Knowledge of a Safety Culture in a Health Care Setting in compliance with the OHSA


• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational and verbal/written communication skills


• Health and physical condition consistent with constant bending, standing, walking, or lifting up to 28 kg.


• Strong customer service commitment


• Ability to work in a busy environment with minimal supervision


• Ability to work as a team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in French would be an asset


• Previous food service experience

Teaching and Research

• St Joseph's Health Care London through its affiliation with Western University and Fanshawe College is a leading research and teaching hospital. As an employee of St Joseph's, you will be expected to engage in role related teaching and research activities in addition to any of your clinical duties

Immunization Requirements

• Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps rubella, varicella (chicken pox),


• Hepatitis B, COVID-19 and influenza.


• Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing