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Description:
As a Cook I, you will be responsible for food preparation, portion and assembly, and serving of menu items with limited supervision. Your typical duties may include preparing multi-ingredient recipes from raw ingredients using various cooking techniques and established recipes, preparing meals using precooked products utilizing various re-thermalization techniques and ensuring meals are appropriately portioned. You will follow AHS guidelines for quantity and quality controls, food safety standards, and established cleaning and sanitization practices to ensure the cleanliness of cooking equipment and work areas.

Classification: Cook I

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program: Patient Food Services

Primary Location: Islay Assisted Living

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.40

Posting End Date: 02-SEP-2026

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 12-SEP-2026

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 4

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $26.56

Maximum Salary: $29.21

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Classification: Cook I

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program: Patient Food Services

Primary Location: Islay Assisted Living

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.40

Posting End Date: 02-SEP-2026

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 12-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 4

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $26.56

Maximum Salary: $29.21

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable





Required Qualifications:
Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.Physically capable to lift food, supplies and equipment up to 46lbs and must be able to push/pull meal carts up to 250lbs.This position requires you to walk and stand on your feet for the duration of your shift.Food Sanitation and Hygiene Certificate or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications:
As required.

Preferred Qualifications:
Customer service experience. Food service experience. Experience in a hospital or long-term care setting. Experience with inventory management; receiving deliveries, managing expiry dates and minimizing waste while utilizing “First in-First Out” procedures. Experience with Industrial Food Service Equipment. Food Safe Certificate or equivalent. WHMIS training.

Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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