Job Description

Req ID: 144113
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Department: NFS Patient Food Services CBR
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: UNIFOR Support Position
Posting Closing Date: 17-Nov-22

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, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Food Supervisor and Manager of Nutrition and Food Services, the Utility Worker performs basic, routine duties related to the assembly and service of food for patients and cafeteria clientele.

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering patient menus, trays and nourishments
• Communicating with supervisory staff and Dietitians regarding patient food preferences/intolerances/menu issues
• Operating and cleaning dishwasher, food slicer and other equipment as required within the department
• Washing dishes, and pots, pans as required
• Stocking pantry areas on nursing units with nourishments
• Performing extra cleaning within the department, stocks and cleans storeroom, refrigerators and other areas
• Portioning some menu items
• Performing other duties as required

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Grade 12 required (Employees hired prior to September 2004 exempt)
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position (lifting, bending, walking standing)
• Serv Safe Basic course, or willing to take upon hire
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$17.09 - $17.80 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

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. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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.

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