General Worker, Food Services
Top Benefits
About the role
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager of Food Services and under the direct supervision of the Food Services Supervisor, the General Worker serves meals to IWK patients; distributes food and par‑stock items to units; assists in the simple preparation and portioning of food service setting required.
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Recent experience/training in a food service setting required.
- Food Handlers Course required (or willingness to maintain within one year of hire).
- WHMIS required (or willingness to maintain within six months of hire).
- Must have demonstrated teamwork, interpersonal and communication (both verbal & written) skills.
- Must have strong customer service skills.
- Competencies in other languages an asset.
Hours of Work
Shifts range from 3.0 to 11.25 hours. Monday‑Sunday, days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. 24 hour operation. Flexible hours and backshifts are required.
Your Qualifications
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Recent experience/training in a food service setting required.
- Food Handlers Course required (or willingness to maintain within one year of hire).
- WHMIS required (or willingness to maintain within six months of hire).
- Must have demonstrated teamwork, interpersonal and communication (both verbal & written) skills.
- Must have strong customer service skills.
- Competencies in a food service setting required.
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs.
Promoting an anti‑racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colon.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
General Worker, Food Services
Top Benefits
About the role
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager of Food Services and under the direct supervision of the Food Services Supervisor, the General Worker serves meals to IWK patients; distributes food and par‑stock items to units; assists in the simple preparation and portioning of food service setting required.
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Recent experience/training in a food service setting required.
- Food Handlers Course required (or willingness to maintain within one year of hire).
- WHMIS required (or willingness to maintain within six months of hire).
- Must have demonstrated teamwork, interpersonal and communication (both verbal & written) skills.
- Must have strong customer service skills.
- Competencies in other languages an asset.
Hours of Work
Shifts range from 3.0 to 11.25 hours. Monday‑Sunday, days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. 24 hour operation. Flexible hours and backshifts are required.
Your Qualifications
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Recent experience/training in a food service setting required.
- Food Handlers Course required (or willingness to maintain within one year of hire).
- WHMIS required (or willingness to maintain within six months of hire).
- Must have demonstrated teamwork, interpersonal and communication (both verbal & written) skills.
- Must have strong customer service skills.
- Competencies in a food service setting required.
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs.
Promoting an anti‑racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colon.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations