Food Service Worker - Nutrition & Food Services

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Lunenburg; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading health provider in Nova Scotia, where you will play a crucial role in delivering exceptional food services to patients and visitors. As a Food Service Worker, you'll be responsible for meal preparation, serving, and ensuring food safety standards are met. This position offers the chance to work in a supportive environment that values diversity and teamwork. Enjoy the flexibility of casual relief employment while contributing to the well-being of your community. Embrace the opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organization that prioritizes health, healing, and learning.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or equivalent required; relevant experience is an asset.
• Demonstrated competency in English and basic Math is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals to patients and visitors, ensuring safety and sanitation.
• Handle food safely and maintain cleanliness in the work area.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Teamwork

Effective Communication

Basic Math Skills

Physical Stamina

Education

Grade 12/GED or equivalent

Tools

Electronic Tablet

Computer

Job description

Req ID: 185946
Location: Western Zone, Fishermen's Memorial Hospital
Department: NFS Patient Food FMH
Type of Employment: Casual Relief (3%) x 5
Support Position
Posting Closing Date: 20-Feb-25

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province.

About the Opportunity

The Nutrition and Food Services, Food Service Worker works in the patient and retail food service setting. Reporting to the Manager / Food Service Supervisor, the Food Service Worker may be responsible for preparing and serving meals and supplies to patients, residents, Veteran’s, staff, families and customers. Additionally, they are responsible for cleaning and sanitizing patient trays, related equipment and workplaces. The Food Service Worker supports safe food handling procedures and provides overall service excellence.

Key Work Activities: Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Patient Meal Selections (Customer Service)

• Answering patient phone calls and entering meal selections on a computer as applicable
• Visiting patients in their room and entering meal selections on an electronic tablet

Product/Food Preparation/Assembly and Service

• Assemble, portion, and serve patient, and visitor meals
• Portion and assemble nourishments, special feedings, beverages, menu items, prepare “mix & serve” menu items
• Salad and sandwich preparation

Delivery and Collection

• Delivery and distribution of selective menus and patient meals
• Delivery of nourishments, supplies (food and non-food)
• Collection of soiled patient trays
• Participating in receiving and storing supplies (food and non-food) using First In First Out (FIFO)
• Receive and interpret patient diet/meal orders; confirm patient meal requirements
• Inventory management

Menu Duties

• Generate and print menus, reports, tallies and labels
• Printing Meditech/STAR report and comparing to CBORD/ Vision reports

Food Safety and Sanitation

• Clean and sanitize dishes, utensils, equipment, and work area
• Maintain basic work area safety and sanitation
• Safe food handling and hygiene
• Proper hand hygiene, food storage cleanliness/appropriate temperatures, sanitation, cross-contamination prevention, control time and temperature, etc.

About You

Applicants must demonstrate in their application/resume how they meet the following criteria:

• Grade 12/GED or equivalent
  • Or demonstrated skills and/or relevant work experience, equivalency must be clearly stated in your cover letter and resume
  • Demonstrated competency in English and basic Math
• Restaurant experience is considered an asset
• Customer Service Skills considered an asset
• Ability to work as part of a team to provide services and achieve departmental and/or organizational goals
• Ability to perform duties within expected timeframes and standards of accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively while demonstrating civility and respect
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Frequent physical demands include extensive standing and walking, bending, lifting (maximum of 35-40lbs), pulling and pushing, and transferring/transporting equipment.

Pot Room requires the following (only for employees working in the Pot Room):

• Special footwear may be required for some food service areas – employer will reimburse for cost of safety shoes up to amount noted in Collective Agreement
• Heavy lifting (i.e. large industrial bake/cook ware mixing bowls)
• Physically demanding, repetitive tasks
• Working independently

Hours

Casual Relief

Compensation and Benefits

$19.26 - $20.02 Hourly

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.