Diet Aide - Nutrition & Food Services

 Req ID: 198632
Location: Eastern Zone, Strait Richmond Hospital 
Department: NFS Patient Food Services SRH
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1 
Support Position
Posting Closing Date: 11-Mar-25

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

Reporting to the Food Service Supervisor and Manager of Nutrition and Food, the Dietary Aide is to perform duties related to the assembly and safe service of food to patients, staff, visitors and nursing home residents, and all other duties assigned by the Food Service Supervisor.

Routine job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Prepares and delivers patient trays and nourishments according to the therapeutic diet order
• Serves and responsible for working the cash in the cafeteria
• Assists with preparing food carts
• Portioning some menu items
• Scrapes, rinses, and washes the dishes
• Responsible for the proper storage of food and paper cleaning supplies
• Keeps kitchen clean and sanitary
• Empties and cleans garbage cans in kitchen
• Keeps work area clean and sanitary at all times
• Assists in the orientation of new personnel

About You

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

• Grade 12/GED or equivalent
• Previous kitchen experience considered an asset
• Completion of a Food Safety Training Program or willingness to obtain
• Ability to work in a self-directed environment and also effectively within an interdisciplinary team
• Commitment to maintain and protect patient, client, and personal safety on an ongoing basis
• 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

• Temporary, Full- Time, 75 Hours Bi- Weekly
• Approximately 12 Months

Compensation and Benefits

$20.35 - $20.85 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan

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.