Health Care Food Service Supervisor - Casual/On-Call

Come work as a Food Service Supervisor with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Health Care Food Services Supervisor to join the Food Services team working out of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, BC. The successful candidate will be self motivated and able to work both independently and in a team setting. They will also have a strong work ethic that allows them to oversee daily food services to ensure a safe and respectful environment for staff, patients, residents, families, and visitors.

Are you looking for a new employment opportunity that challenges you and offers a better quality of life? Apply today to join our passionate team dedicated to servicing the community!

This is a CASUAL/ON-CALL posting. We are always recruiting to maintain a robust pool of casual staff. This is a unionized environment/position and all vacancies are posted internally for current employees to apply. Working more hours as a casual staff member will build your seniority hours; this will open more opportunities for you when applying for internal vacancies.

As a Health Care Food Service Supervisor with VCH you will

• Oversee the daily food service in assigned areas including supervising designated staff, maintaining and updating manual and computerized records such as the staffing schedule, performing related administrative duties and maintaining food standards by participating in quality assurance activities.
• Be the liaison between Clinical Nutrition and Food Services, visit patients to obtain diet related information regarding nutritional and therapeutic diet needs, and in consultation with the Clinical Dietitian as required;
• Ensure diet orders are compliant and meet the provisions for nutritional care as determined by Clinical Nutrition for inpatients and outpatients using the nutrition software program.
• Input and/or updates patient/resident diet and diet-related information into a computerized system.
• Chart activities in patient/resident medical record such as meal intake, diet and diet-related information;
• Promote and maintain excellent customer relations and effective on-going communication with all levels of staff.
• Identify patient/resident food preference/food tolerance/food acceptance;

Education & Experience

• Graduation from a recognized two-year program in Food Service Supervision plus one year’s recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Food Safe Certificate 1.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to supervise.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.

As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Officer Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Vancouver Coastal Health must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to our goals of creating a great place to work and delivering exceptional care. We acknowledge and accommodate unique differences and ensure special measures are in place so that all prospective and current employees are given an opportunity to succeed.

We are committed to building a representative workforce and encourage applications reflecting diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2023.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https//my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.