Short Order Cook, Formula Room

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Company: IWK Health

Requisition ID: 224841
Department/Program: Assembly, Digital and Client Services
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Casual Relief x 2 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: Unifor Service, Support Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $23.2573 - $25.8412/hour
Closing Date: 9 November 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people of any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Under the direction of the Food Service Supervisors, the Short Order Cook, Formula Room, prepares therapeutic formula and feedings according to formula requisitions and is responsible for the sanitation of the Formula Room. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: preparing therapeutic formulas and feedings by using precise weighing and measuring techniques; preparing labels for bottles; maintaining up-to-date files of discharged patients and recipes; ensuring Formula Room stock is maintained at an adequate level and is rotated, following proper procedures for cleaning Formula Room and equipment, delivering formulas and feedings to various units and picking up outdated products, reports problems related to formula preparation, equipment, sanitation and safety hazards to immediate supervisor, maintaining daily census of number and kind of formulas and feedings prepared and returned, and participating in quality assurance audits and monitoring activities.

Hours of Work

Variable shifts, day shift, evening shift, backshift, Monday - Sunday

Your Qualifications

• Minimum grade 12 or equivalent preparation for secondary school graduation (GED).
• Previous experience in a hospital food service environment is required.
• Previous experience in Formula Preparation preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to build and maintain client satisfaction while offering services.
• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to attend to details and pursue quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to recognize and appropriately react to potential dangers.
• Ability to follow instructions and work processes.
• Competency in other languages is an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing), you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.