Alberta Health Services Hiring for Food Service I at St. Albert, AB Full Time

Your Opportunity:
Imagine a supportive employer, fantastic work-life balance, and the opportunity to make a difference in your community. With Alberta Health Services (AHS), you can have all of that and more. As a Food Service Worker you have the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient 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. Accountable for performing a variety of tasks to ensure a quality patient and customer experience. Recurring schedule is 10 x 3 hour paid shifts in every 2 week rotation with (2 shifts from 4:30-7:30 pm with the 8 other shifts from 4:45-7:45 pm. Wk. 1: (M – 4:30-7:30), T, (W Day off), Th., Fri., Sat. & Sun. Wk. 2: (Every 2nd Mon. off) , T, W, (Th. 4:30-7:30), Fri. Every 2nd weekend off. Must be avail. to work Christmas & Boxing Day OR New Years Eve and New Years Day. Under the general supervision of a Food Services Supervisor, employees use strong customer service, teamwork and organizational skills to: Prepare, handle, portion food and beverages. Assemble trays in kitchen. Provide patient meal delivery and pick up including isolation rooms using Enhanced Customer Service. Prepare and deliver evening nourishments to patients. Serve customers in the cafeteria, take payment and complete cash reconciliation. Complete ware washing. Complete cleaning duties in the kitchen & dish room. 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.

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.

Classification: Food Service I

Union: AUPE GSS

Department: NW-Food Serv Patient/Resi-EDM

Primary Location: Sturgeon Community Hospital

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.40

Posting End Date: 07-SEP-2021

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 17-SEP-2021

Hours per Shift: 3

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 10

Shift Pattern: Evenings, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $17.78

Maximum Salary: $19.39

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:
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.

Preferred Qualifications:
As Required.