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Kitchen Helper

@ Baycrest

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Toronto, Ontario

$26.94–$27.47/hrPart-time
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Overview

Baycrest Hospital is hiring a part-time Kitchen Helper in its Food and Nutrition Services Department to keep kitchen areas clean and safe and to deliver patient meal trays. The role is a 30-hour bi-weekly day-evening schedule with alternate weekends, paid $26.94 to $27.47 per hour under the SEIU Service union.

Pay:

$26.94–$27.47 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Wash dishes, pots and pans
  • Clean kitchen garbage and trash
  • Deliver and pick up patient meal trays
  • Follow sanitation and infection control standards
  • Steer food wagons through congested areas

Requirements summary:

  • High school completion or equivalent
  • Current Food Handlers Certification
  • Previous food services experience preferred
  • Experience with elderly people an asset
  • Customer service and communication skills

Tools & skills

food wagon
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Employer posting date
2026-05-19
First seen by our source
2026-10-12
Source record updated
2026-10-26

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentFood & beverage
Hours per week15
Scheduleday, evening, weekends
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHospital or clinic, Restaurant or kitchen
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical high · computer none
Licences & certificationsFood Handlers Certification
EducationHigh school (required)

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Baycrest

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A world where every older person lives with purpose, fulfilment and dignity.

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Headquartered on a 22-acre campus in Ontario and fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest is the global leader in developing and providing innovations in aging and brain health. Baycrest is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive system of care for aging patients, one of the world's top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of age-related illness and impairment, and unmatched global knowledge exchange and commercialization capacity. An independent benchmarking study concluded that few institutions match the breadth and uniqueness of the integrated models of service delivery and the calibre of translational research at Baycrest.

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  • 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, CA
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Headquartered on a 22-acre campus in Ontario and fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest is the global leader in developing and providing innovations in aging and brain health. Baycrest is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive system of care for aging patients, one of the world's top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of…

FieldValue
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
Company size1,001-5,000 employees
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Organization typeNonprofit
Year founded1918
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Job description

Baycrest Hospital

has an exciting opportunity for a

KITCHEN HELPER

Sanitation

Posting Number: 9898

Position Type: Permanent Part-time

Shift Type: Day-Evening, alternate weekends (subject to change)

Bi-Weekly Hours: 30 Hours, 7.5 hrs/shift

Union: SEIU Service

Hourly Pay Rate: $26.94 - $27.47

Date Posted: June 1, 2026

About Us

Baycrest Hospital and the Apotex Jewish Home for the Aged provide specialized geriatric care for older adults with complex medical, cognitive and dementia-related needs. As Canada’s only health system fully dedicated to aging and brain health, we bring together compassionate care, clinical excellence and leading expertise in dementia care, cognitive health and seniors’ wellness.

Our integrated continuum — spanning hospital care, long-term care and community-based seniors’ services — ensures every older adult benefits from evidence-based practice, geriatric medicine and a team deeply experienced in aging and brain-health care.

Job Summary

The Food and Nutrition Services Department at Baycrest provides service to clients in the Baycrest Centre, the Apotex Jewish Home for the Aged and the Mountainview Day Centre. Our vision is to provide safe, appetizing food of optimum nutritional quality to facilitate an enjoyable mealtime experience for patients, residents, staff and visitors in compliance with the Jewish laws of Kashruth.

The primary responsibility of the Kitchen Helper is to provide high quality services in a safe, timely cost-effective manner, within the area of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collects and washes dishes as needed
  • Scrub and watch pots and pans
  • Cleans up trash and kitchen garbage
  • Delivers and picks up patient meal trays
  • Adheres to food handling methods according to established standards of sanitation, infection control and safety in accordance with Ministry of Health Long Term Care Standards, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and departmental policies
  • May need to lift and carry heavy objects, and to withstand long periods of walking, standing and frequent bending and twisting
  • May need to steer and manipulate large and small food wagons through congested areas

Qualifications

  • High school completion or equivalent required
  • Current Food Handlers Certification in accordance with Public Health required
  • Previous experience in Food Services preferred
  • Previous experience working with the elderly is an asset
  • Effective customer service, oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to effectively work independently and as part of a team

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