Senior Cook - Food & Nutrition Service
Top Benefits
About the role
About the Opportunity
Under the direction of the Food Service Supervisor, the Senior Cook is responsible to cook and collaborate within a team environment within the facility. Assist with the production of menu choices which meet the departmental standards for patient service and responsible for maintaining high standards of sanitation and safety.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
-
- Grade XII or equivalent
- Certified Journeyman Cook
- One (1) year experience preferred
- Food Safety Certification
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
- Ability to deal with patients in a courteous, helpful manner
- Physical capabilities to perform duties of the position including heavy lifting, withstanding, demands of walking and standing during shift.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
Please Note: Frequent physical demands include extensive standing, repetitive motion, awkward positions and lifting
Hours
- Casual Relief
Compensation and Benefits
$23.45 - $26.21 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. (Permanent and Long Assignments only)
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.
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.
Job Segment: Nutrition, Public Health, Counseling, Healthcare
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
Senior Cook - Food & Nutrition Service
Top Benefits
About the role
About the Opportunity
Under the direction of the Food Service Supervisor, the Senior Cook is responsible to cook and collaborate within a team environment within the facility. Assist with the production of menu choices which meet the departmental standards for patient service and responsible for maintaining high standards of sanitation and safety.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
-
- Grade XII or equivalent
- Certified Journeyman Cook
- One (1) year experience preferred
- Food Safety Certification
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
- Ability to deal with patients in a courteous, helpful manner
- Physical capabilities to perform duties of the position including heavy lifting, withstanding, demands of walking and standing during shift.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
Please Note: Frequent physical demands include extensive standing, repetitive motion, awkward positions and lifting
Hours
- Casual Relief
Compensation and Benefits
$23.45 - $26.21 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. (Permanent and Long Assignments only)
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.
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.
Job Segment: Nutrition, Public Health, Counseling, Healthcare
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