Dietary Aide-Aide - diététiste

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Quebec; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in a vibrant community committed to providing safe and sustainable health care. As a Dietary Aide, you will play a crucial role in ensuring nutritious meals are prepared and served to clients while adhering to safety and sanitation standards. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a diverse environment, collaborating with various communities and promoting health and wellness. If you are passionate about food services and making a difference in people's lives, this role is perfect for you. Embrace a fulfilling career that values cultural diversity and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Six months of experience in food handling or healthcare food services.
• Completion of a Dietary Aide certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for meal preparation, serving, and distribution to clients.
• Follow sanitation safety guidelines and departmental policies.

Skills

Food Handling

Bilingual (English/French)

Cash Management

Sanitary Food Handling Principles

Knowledge of Therapeutic Diets

Microsoft Office Applications

Education

Grade 10 Education

Dietary Aide Certificate

Food Handler Training Certificate Level 1

Tools

Electronic Menu Management Information System (EMMIS)

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Requisition ID: 374564

Position Number: 133-81910-D231-01

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

Employer: Southern Health-Santé Sud

Site: Centre de santé St. Claude Health Centre

Union: CUPE

Department/Unit: Nutrition and Food Services

Work Location: Centre de santé St. Claude Health Centre

City: St. Claude

Hiring Status: Permanent

FTE: 0.67

Employment arrangement: In Person

Daily hours worked: 6.75 and 7.75

Anticipated shift: Days; Weekends

Annual base hours: 2015

Anticipated Start Date: As mutually agreed upon

Salary: As per CUPE Collective Agreement

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.

Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.

Be part of the Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other – a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.

Position Overview

Under the direction of the Coordinator or Supervisor ‐ Nutrition & Food Services, Cook 2 or Cook 1, the Dietary Aide is responsible for the completion of assigned tasks in relation to the safe preparation, serving, and distribution of nutritious meals to clients. The incumbent is responsible for serving meals to the staff and visitors, performing cashier duties, following proper sanitation safety guidelines. This is in addition to following established standards, departmental/regional policies and procedures and government regulations and legislation.

The incumbent exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health‐Santé Sud.

Experience

• Six (6) months previous experience in food handling and/or healthcare food services.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Minimum Grade 10 education.
• Completion of a Dietary Aide certificate.
• Current Food Handler Training Certificate Level 1 or equivalent Food Sanitation course or be willing to acquire a Food Handler Training Certificate in the first six (6) months of employment.
• Other suitable combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current Food Handler Training Certificate Level 1 or equivalent Food Sanitation course.

Qualifications and Skills

• Proficiency of both official languages is essential (English/French).
• Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office applications, Outlook/Email and online training.
• Knowledge of therapeutic and texture modified diets.
• Knowledge of sanitary food handling principles and procedures.
• Knowledge and understanding of Electronic Menu Management Information System (EMMIS) (This for positions located in Sites that use an Electronic Menu Management System).
• Demonstrated competency in cash management.
• Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
• Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
• Good work and attendance record.

Physical Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
• Demonstrated ability to lift items up to 1‐5 kg (2.2 ‐ 11 lbs.) constantly, 6‐11kg (13.2 - 24 lbs.) occasionally and 23 kg (50 lbs.) seldomly.
• No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
• May work occasionally evenings and weekends as per work rotation or as necessary.

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.

Consistent with the French Language Services Policy of the Government of Manitoba and Southern Health-Santé Sud’s FLS Policy, we are committed to offering services in English and French in designated program/service areas serving French-speaking communities within Southern Health-Santé Sud. If no candidates satisfy the bilingual qualification, candidates meeting all other qualifications may be considered for this position.

Southern Health-Santé Sud, in partnership with the Indigenous community, is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.

Completes and maintains Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.

All Health Care Workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud policy.

Please include three work-related references with your job application from persons who are not related to you but have direct knowledge of your current and past work performance.

Please be advised that job competitions for union represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file may be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.