Diet Clerk

Requisition ID: 412759

Position Number: 20037725

Posting End Date: October 23, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: Victoria General Hospital

Department / Unit: Patient Food Services - VGH

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: CUPE

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 10/23/2026 - 02/15/2027

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 0.40

Anticipated Shift: Days;Weekends;Standby coverage as required; On call

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $22.502, $23.145, $23.807, $24.493, $25.197

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The incumbent is responsible for performing daily diet office duties including:

• Accurately processes changes to the patient card file (diet changes, food preferences, admissions and discharges) in the dietary software system in a timely manner.
• Prints and distributes tray tickets, labels and reports as required.
• Maintains statistical information, filing, and month end records according to record retention guidelines as applicable.
• Communicates effectively and clearly with all staff through verbal (face to face or telephone), fax or email.
• Participates in Quality Assurance Programs.

Experience

• Previous experience in food service preferred.
• Experience dietary software (CBORD Nutrition Services Suite) and excel spreadsheets.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Grade 12 or equivalent, Manitoba Standards, required.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Valid Food Handler's certificate required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Must be able to read, write and speak English effectively, with the ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Outlook - minimum 70% in each area).
• May be required to assist with meal tray preparation.
• May be required to assist with transport of meal carts.

Physical Requirements

• Use of computer terminal, fax and telephone for long periods of time.
• Involves some intermittent standing, walking and carrying.
• Ability to work as a team member and independently in a time sensitive environment.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.