Cook I

**Req ID**:190011**
**Location**:Western** Zone, **Soldiers Memorial Hospital**
**Department**:NFS Patient Food SMH**
**Type of Employment**:Casual** **Casual Relief** (**3%**) x **1**
**Support** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:28-Oct-24**

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.

**About the Opportunity**:
Under the direction of the Manager, the Cook is responsible for the preparation and cooking of food as required for the patient/client menu.

The Cook follows quantity recipes ensuring menu choices produced meet quality standards. The Cook is responsible to maintain high standards of food safety and sanitation by consistently complying with procedures/guidelines and systems.

The Cook ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviours, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.

Under the direction of the Manager, the Cook is responsible for the preparation and cooking of food as required for the patient/client menu.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Minimum Grade 12 or GED required
- Food Safety Level 1 (Food Handlers) required
- Regular upgrading with respect to workplace safety (e.g. WHMIS) and food safety (e.g. Food Handlers and Advanced.fst)
- One (1) year recent cooking experience required
- Knowledge of food handling and safety practices in an institutional kitchen
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets is an asset
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated planning, organizational, prioritization and time management skills
- Demonstrated initiative; self-motivation and ability to work independently
- Demonstrated resourcefulness and ability to use good judgment in making decisions
- Ability to hold in confidence all matters pertaining to patients, employees and the business of the organization
- Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practice and organizational health
- Advanced food safety an asset
- Journeyperson certification an asset
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:
Casual Relief

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$21.59 - $23.99 Hourly

**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.