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About the Role

This position supports safe, efficient, and patient-centered food service operations in a healthcare environment. The Food Services Associate follows established food safety, infection prevention and control, and workplace health and safety procedures to ensure quality meal service and contribute to the well-being of patients and residents.

Responsibilities

Prepare and portion menu items such as sandwiches, salads, desserts, entrées, soups, vegetables, and nourishments according to production requirements and standardized recipes.
Assemble patient meal trays accurately according to tray tickets, diet orders, textures, consistencies, and portioning requirements.
Assemble and deliver bulk food and supply items to patient care units.
Complete meal trays by adding final items such as beverages, desserts, and snacks as required.
Record food temperatures and complete required food safety documentation.
Deliver meal trays to patients while ensuring accurate patient identification and adherence to infection prevention and control practices.
Set up, stock, replenish, clean, and sanitize food service stations, equipment, utensils, and work areas.
Complete daily and scheduled cleaning assignments to maintain compliance with food safety and public health standards.
Distribute, retrieve, load, and unload food carts for meal service.
Participate in warewashing operations, including dishwashing, stripping trays, offloading, racking dishes, handling cutlery, cleaning equipment, removing waste, and maintaining a clean dish room.
Follow all food safety, infection prevention and control, workplace health and safety, and safe work practice requirements, including proper use of equipment and regular hand hygiene, PPE, and dress code.
Work collaboratively with team members and perform assigned duties in food production, patient meal service, sanitation, warewashing, and related areas.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Secondary School Diploma (Grade 12) required.
Previous food service experience, preferably in a healthcare, long-term care, or commercial food service environment.
Knowledge of therapeutic diets, texture modified diets, fluid consistencies, and meal service requirements in a healthcare setting.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
Basic mathematical skills and the ability to follow recipes, production tallies, and written instructions.
Ability to work effectively both independently and with minimal supervision, as well as within a team environment.
Strong organizational, time management, and attention-to-detail skills.
Ability to safely operate and maintain food service equipment.
Physical ability to perform the duties of the position, including prolonged standing, walking, lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, and repetitive tasks.
Ability to meet production schedules and service timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Satisfactory work performance and attendance record.
Demonstrated commitment to patient-centered care and the Centre's mission, vision, and values.
Awareness of factors affecting the safety of patients, staff, and visitors.
Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.
All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
A Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.
UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application if any information provided by a candidate is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect.

Skills

Food Service Worker (FSW) Certificate preferred.
Current Advanced Food Handler Certification, with renewal maintained as required.

Location

UHN West Park Healthcare Centre
UHN Reactivation Care Centre

Work Type

Permanent Part-time
20 hours per week

Experience Level

Entry Level

Education Level

Secondary School Diploma (Grade 12)
Food Service Worker (FSW) Certificate preferred
Advanced Food Handler Certification

Salary/Compensations

CAD 26.87 - CAD 27.45 - hourly

Benefits

Competitive offer packages
Member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
A flexible work environment
Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

About the Company

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital.
With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, West Park Healthcare Centre, UHN Reactivation Care Centre and The Michener Institute of Education.
As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care.
UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine.
UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.
www.uhn.ca

Equal Opportunity

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace.
Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.
Applicants need to make their requirements known.