Company : IWK Health 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 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 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. 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. 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 protected 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.



Under the direction of the Food Service Supervisors, the Cook's Helper, Formula Room prepares therapeutic formula and feedings according to formula requisitions and is responsible for the sanitation of the Formula Room. 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procedures for cleaning Formula Room and equipment, delivering formulas and feedings to various units and picking up outdated products, reports problems related to formula preparation, equipment, sanitation and safety hazards to immediate supervisor, maintaining daily census of number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. Variable shifts, day shift, evening shift, backshift, Monday - Sunday Minimum grade 12 or equivalent preparation for secondary school graduation (GED).

Previous experience in a hospital food service environment is required. Ability to attend to details and pursue quality in accomplishing tasks. Ability to recognize and appropriately react to potential dangers.

Competency in other languages is an asset. 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.

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.

📌 Cook- Morning and Evening Shifts (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality