Req ID: 206366
Location: Central Zone, Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building
Department: Nutrition and Food Services
Type of Employment: Casual Casual Relief (3%)
Support Position
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.
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About the Opportunity
We are currently seeking dedicated individuals to join our team as Journeyperson Cook. As a Journeyperson Cook with Nutrition and Food Services, you will play a vital role in supporting the efficient operation of our healthcare facilities and contributing to the delivery of exceptional patient care.
We invite candidates to apply below and answer a few questions about yourself. Once you submit your application, your information will be reviewed, and selected candidates will be contacted by a manager or supervisor to discuss their application further and share their experience and interests with the hiring team. As casual Journeyperson Cook positions are created or become available, selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Under the direct supervision of the Food Service Supervisor, the Journeyperson Cook prepares standardized recipes for patients and long-term care residents. The Journeyperson Cook, on occasion may produce made to order options for veterans. The Journeyperson Cook is responsible for maintaining high standards of sanitation and food safety.
This position will be based out of Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building main kitchen, cooking food for Dartmouth General Hospital, and will eventually move over to Dartmouth General Hospital once infrastructure is ready.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Certified Journeyman Cook
- 1 year experience preferred
- Baking skills are an asset
- Ability to deal with customers and patients in a courteous, helpful manner
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications. Applicants relying on equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their cover letter, resume or application.
PLEASE NOTE: Frequent physical demands include extensive standing, repetitive motion, awkward positions and lifting.
Hours
- Competitive compensation
- Employee discounts at with dozens of corporate partners, including on travel, retail, food and more!
- Variety of available shifts
- Continuous education and support
- Opportunity for advancement within the organization
Compensation and Benefits
- Hourly wages starting at $23.45 - $26.21 Hourly
- 11% in lieu of benefits and vacation
- Casual Relief 3%
- Shifts can include day, evening, night, weekends, and holidays
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.