Food Service I

Alberta Health Services; Lethbridge; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Lethbridge seeks a Food Service Worker to ensure quality meal service. Duties include food preparation, meal delivery, and adherence to sanitation standards. Candidates with customer service experience and physical capability for the role are preferred. This part-time position offers a competitive salary and shift flexibility.

Qualifications

• Must be physically capable of lifting food and supplies up to 46lbs.
• Must be able to push/pull meal carts up to 250lbs.
• Availability for shifts starting as early as 5:45am.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, handle, portion and package food and beverages.
• Adhere to safety and sanitation standards in accordance with AHS policies.
• Deliver meals to patients and customers.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Basic Math Functions

Education

Completion of Grade 10 or equivalent

Tools

Industrial Food Service Equipment

Job description

Your Opportunity

As a Food Service Worker you have the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient and resident focused health care as a dedicated member of the Nutrition Food Service (NFS) team. NFS is a provincial service that is committed to providing nutritious, healthy, high quality meal service to patients, residents, staff, visitors and the community. This position will be accountable for performing a variety of tasks to ensure a quality patient, resident and customer experience. Under the general supervision of a Food Services Supervisor, they will use strong customer service, teamwork and organizational skills to: Prepare, handle, portion and package food and beverages. Assemble trays in the kitchen. Provide patient meal delivery and pick up. Safely operate and clean industrial food service equipment. Adhere to safety, sanitation, and food preparation standards in accordance with AHS policies and guidelines. Complete other food service duties as assigned. The successful candidate will be able to: Work in a fast paced environment with speed and accuracy. Work under pressure in high stress situations. Communicate effectively in English with patients, co-workers, and other hospital departments. Work as an effective, professional team member. Demonstrate a patient first approach as outlined in the AHS Foundational Strategies. Perform basic math functions to measure out food portions.

Description

As a Food Service I, you will be responsible for performing a variety of routine tasks associated with basic food preparation in accordance with AHS standards and procedures. Your typical duties may include packaging and portioning food items, preparing food according to set guidelines and menus, serving meals to patients and customers and cleaning and sanitizing equipment, dishes, tables and serving areas.

Job Details

• Classification: Food Service I
• Union: AUPE GSS
• Unit and Program: Patient Food Services
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.64
• Posting End Date: 12-NOV-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 01-DEC-2025
• Temporary End Date: 20-SEP-2026
• Hours per Shift: 6, 6.5, 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 46
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $18.36
• Maximum Salary: $20.02
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications

Completion of Grade 10 or equivalent. Physically capable to lift food, supplies and equipment up to 46lbs and must be able to push/pull meal carts up to 250lbs. This position requires you to walk and stand on your feet for the duration of your shift.

Additional Required Qualifications

This rotation includes shifts that start as early as 5:45am, as well as shifts that start at 2:30pm and end at 9pm. The successful candidate must be available for regularly scheduled shifts in this set rotation.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of Customer Service or Food Service Experience. Experience in a hospital or long-term care environment. Experience with inventory management; receiving deliveries, managing expiry dates and minimizing waste while utilizing “First in- First Out” procedures. Experience with Industrial Food Service Equipment. Food Safe Certificate or equivalent. WHMIS training.