Food Service Worker - Starbucks Barista - Casual/On-Call
About The Position
This position is for a Food Service Worker with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) at Richmond Hospital. The role involves a variety of duties according to Food Safe protocols and quality and safety standards, within a client and family centered model of care. The position promotes a safe and respectful working environment. Duties include portioning and serving meals, assisting with food production, preparing coffee/tea and toast, portioning desserts, assembling sandwiches and salads, preparing and portioning diet items, and measuring and combining food and beverage ingredients. The role also involves checking patient/resident meals/trays for dietary accuracy, stripping wagons/trays, washing dishes and pots, cleaning kitchen equipment and areas, sweeping and mopping floors, removing garbage, delivering wagons/trays, retrieving and storing food items, and replenishing supplies. Clerical duties may also be performed, and the position may involve operating a cash register, receiving payments, and answering customer queries. This is a CASUAL/ON-CALL posting, and the organization is recruiting to maintain a pool of casual staff. It is a unionized environment, and vacancies are posted internally. Working more hours as a casual staff member builds seniority, which can lead to more opportunities when applying for internal vacancies.
Requirements
- Grade 10 plus one year’s recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Food Safe Certificate Level 1
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to deal with others effectively
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
- Ability to organize work
- Ability to operate related equipment
Nice To Haves
- Great at building connection with customers
- Barista or Starbucks experience
- Food Service Production experience
Responsibilities
- Portioning and serving meals
- Assisting with food production by washing and peeling vegetables and fruit
- Preparing coffee/tea and toast, portioning desserts and assembling sandwiches and salads
- Preparing and portioning diet items in accordance with nutritional plans
- Measuring and combining food and beverage ingredients by methods such as grinding, blending, slicing, dicing and/or puree
- Checking patient/resident meals/trays to ensure dietary accuracy
- Stripping wagons/trays
- Washing dishes and pots
- Cleaning food wagons, kitchen equipment, fridges and storage areas
- Wiping down tables and counter areas
- Sweeping and damp mopping floors
- Removing garbage
- Delivering wagons/trays to patient/resident units
- Retrieving and storing food items
- Replenishing food, beverage and paper supplies
- Performing related clerical duties
- Operating a cash register and related equipment, receiving payments and providing change for items purchased
- Answering customer queries
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
- Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
- Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
- Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
