Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance
The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance was formed on July 1, 2003 as a partnership between Listowel Memorial Hospital and Wingham and District Hospital. We share a common management structure with one CEO. We have a commitment to partnership and common Mission, Vision and Values. The Alliance Board consists of both hospital boards combined. We look for opportunities to create and share services and programs across our two communities and to look for creative ways to link to our community partners.
The Listowel Memorial Hospital has been providing acute care and complex continuing care services to the residents of North Perth and the hospital’s catchment area since 1919. Our fully accredited hospital offers a wide range of primary and secondary services including 24-hour emergency services. In-patient and out-patient care, specialist clinics and supportive diagnostic services. The Hospital has an active staff of 10 Family Practitioners as well as several consultant staff.
Hospital services include:
- Emergency, Operating Rooms, Diagnostic and Ambulatory Care Units (December 2007)
- Maternal/Newborn Unit
- Diabetes/Nutrition Counseling
- Speech-Language
- Physiotherapy
- Breast Health Centre
- Fully integrated electronic patient health record with Family Health Team and Physician offices.
The Wingham and District Hospital is a modern, progressive acute care facility providing medical, surgical, obstetrical, paediatric, chronic and rehabilitation bed and other services, including 24-hour emergency coverage.
Hospital services include:
- Emergency department with 24-hour on-call coverage
- Rehabilitation department including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology
- Multiple outpatient specialist clinics held on a regular basis to provide local service
- Affiliation with London Regional Cancer Centre enabling chemotherapy treatment to be provided locally
- Many community health related education programs
- Fully integrated electronic patient health record with Family Health Team and Physician offices.
Position: Chef and Dietary Aide
Region: Huron and Perth
Description: As the Chef, you are responsible for the preparation and distribution of food including therapeutic and special patient diets and or hospitality/retail items. The Chef is responsible for the NFS routine ordering of groceries, produce, bread, milk and supplies either directly with the distributor or through the purchasing department. The Dietary Aide is responsible for the service of meals, including therapeutic diets, special patient orders and hospitality/retail items. The Dietary Aide communicates with patients concerning food preferences from the semi-selective menu at the point of service and maintains open communication with the NFS team, Manager of NFS and/or Clinical Dietitian as appropriate.
This is a permanent, part-time position that is anticipated to begin as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be available to work days from 6:30am-2:30pm and 7am-3pm, as well as evening shifts from 11am-7pm. Will also be scheduled for weekends as required.
Responsibilities:
- Exhibits customer service skills, and provides front-line meal
service to customers (patients or appropriate others, cafeteria, catering, vending)
- Food procurement per inventory and stock requirements
- Routine inventory orders placed, received and put away within the department
- Compiles forecast sheets and prepares applicable menu items or special requests
- Temper menu items per anticipated needs and tempering guidelines
- Pan items. Bake off / cook menu items as required, Attend to food recall items promptly
- Prepare for catering, vending, and cafeteria service as appropriate per menu/ standard item needs
- Develop weekly cafeteria menu
- Compile forecast sheets and prepares snacks, desserts using the therapeutic diet census system
- Review patient diet sheets, set up tray labels and take the burlodge carts to the patient units. Enter diet changes onto the Kardex as known
- Prepare for catering, vending, and cafeteria service as appropriate
- Check and monitor food temperatures and time in order Monitor best before dates; dispose when appropriate; rotate by first in first out
- Exhibit customer service skills
Qualifications:
- Completion of Ontario Secondary School Diploma
- Completion of a formal post-secondary program in Chefing or completion of a formal post-secondary program in the field of Nutrition and Food Services
- Safe food handling certification required
- 1 to 2 years previous related experience, Experience in a health care setting including preparation and knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
- Moderate physical effort
- Average degree of mental effort and analysis
Salary: Chef: $27.49-$29.14/hr
Aide: $25.70-$27.24/hr
Terms of Employment: Part-time
Deadline for Application: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
How to Apply: Interested applicants are asked to apply, in writing, complete with full resume, indicating their qualifications and pertinent skills by email to:
Your submission must be received by 1pm on the deadline date. Please reference position posting #L25-87 with your submission.
The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
For further information please visit our website at www.lwha.ca.
Location: Listowel
Profession Type: Support Services/Operations (Food Service, IT)
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