Food Service Worker

Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer. 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.

Your experience will be of great value to our team and the clients we serve. Share our dedication to provide exceptional food services at our facilities and come join our enthusiastic and dynamic team Current and future **Casual (on-call) opportunities** may be available for Food Service Workers at the following locations:

- ** Burnaby** - Burnaby Hospital & Fellburn Care Centre
- ** Delta** - Delta Hospital
- ** Langley** - Langley Memorial Hospital & Memorial Cottage
- ** Maple Ridge** - Ridge Meadows Hospital
- ** New Westminster** - Royal Columbian Hospital & Queen's Park Care Centre
- ** Port Moody**-Eagle Ridge Hospital
- ** Surrey** - Surrey Memorial Hospital & Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre
- ** White Rock** - Peace Arch Hospital

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

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.

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Detailed Overview:
Reporting to the Manager, Food & Nutrition or designate, performs a variety of duties within the food service operation such as setting up trays, portioning meals and preparing items such as tea, coffee, toast and washing dishes and utensils; delivers and picks up meal trays from the patient''s room.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assembles and sets ups meal trays with items according to information printed on patient's meal ticket; loads and unloads meal wagons; delivers and picks up meal trays from the patient''s room.
- Makes beverages and food items such as tea, coffee, and toast; assembles items such as sandwiches and salads.
- Washes, peels and stores vegetables and fruit.
- Cleans soiled dishes and utensils; stores cleaned dishes, trays and utensils in the appropriate areas.
- Performs cleaning duties such as sweeping and damp mopping floors, cleaning counter tops, sinks, machines and equipment and spot washing walls; removes garbage as required.
- Collects stores requisitions from various areas and distributes supplies to the appropriate areas.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
**Education and Experience**

Grade 10 or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Successful completion of a recognized Food Safe Certificate.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal effectively with others.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.