Food Service Worker

Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $26.78 - $28.75 / hour
Job Summary

Come work with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Detailed Overview
Reporting to the Program Coordinator and working as a member of the interdisciplinary team, the Food Service Worker provides a variety of food services duties, along side the residents of Memorial Cottage, such as limited food preparation, setting up dining areas and serving and portioning food and beverages according to established guidelines. Performs cleaning, and administrative support duties for the kitchen/dining and food preparation areas. Performs inventory control duties such as placing standing orders with specified suppliers, receiving and distributing goods, and counting, storing and rotating food and supplies.
Responsibilities

1. Provides food service by performing duties such as setting up dining areas, bringing out and putting away supplies, opening cans and serving food and beverages.
2. Performs limited food preparation such as heating prepared food, making tea, coffee, toast, salads, and sandwiches, washing, peeling, slicing food items and counting, weighing and measuring ingredients. Utilizes kitchen equipment such as slicers, knives and choppers.
3. Washes, scrubs, and rinses pots, pans, dishes, and utensils by hand or by placing, operating, and unloading dishwasher.
4. Performs cleaning duties such as cleaning food preparation equipment, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning sinks and counters, cleaning kitchen, dining and storage areas including items such as tables, chairs, walls, ovens, and freezers, and removing garbage.
5. Performs inventory control duties such as placing standing orders with specified suppliers, receiving and distributing goods, and counting, storing and rotating food and supplies.
6. Performs administrative support duties such as answering the telephone, filing, and writing information on menu cards.
7. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 10 and 1 year recent, related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current certificate in Food Safe.
Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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