Dietary careers at Extendicare

Dietary careers in long-term care are essential to supporting residents’ health, comfort and quality of life. Whether you’re a dietary aide, cook or dietary manager in senior care, your role helps ensure that residents receive nutritious, safe and enjoyable meals tailored to their medical needs, preferences and cultural backgrounds.

Dietary aides assist with meal preparation and service, ensuring a clean and welcoming dining environment. Cooks prepare meals that meet dietary guidelines and individual care plans while bringing creativity and joy to mealtimes. Dietary managers oversee food service operations, coordinate with health care teams and ensure compliance with nutrition standards. In long-term care, where residents often have complex health conditions, dietary jobs play a key role in promoting wellness, preventing complications and creating a sense of home through food.

Dietary roles at Extendicare

Dietary aide

As part of a team, support kitchen operations and resident dining experiences while enjoying flexible shift options that work with your schedule.

Cooks

Support and nurture quality of life for residents through your food creations while surrounding yourself with a team that values your contributions and creativity.

Dietary supervisors and managers

Make a meaningful impact on residents’ lives and health by leading a team that recognizes your expertise and passion for food. 

Use your leadership skills to create an uplifting dining experience that enhances residents’ health and happiness – while working with a supportive team that values your expertise and passion for food. 

Why join Extendicare as a dietary professional?

As a member of our culinary and nutrition team, you’ll play a meaningful role in supporting residents’ health and quality of life. Working alongside cooks, dietary aides, care staff and dietitians in long-term care homes and retirement residences, you’ll be part of a compassionate team where every meal makes a difference.

A professional & supportive kitchen environment

Our clean, modern kitchens follow strict food safety standards, ensuring you have the tools and guidance needed to do your best work.

Flexible scheduling that fits your lifestyle

We offer full-time, part-time, casual and temporary roles—typically with day and evening shifts.

Growth through training & mentorship

From on-the-job training to mentorship from experienced dietary staff and nutrition experts, you’ll continually build your culinary and nutrition skills with opportunities to grow within the organization.

A workplace that cares for you too

Enjoy a rewarding experience supported by our employee family assistance program with comprehensive benefits, including health, drug and dental coverage.

Requirements and qualifications

Most dietary roles require: 
  • Food handler certification (per provincial/territorial regulations) 
  • Excellent hygiene and food safety practices 
  • Teamwork skills and attention to detail 
  • Ability to work safely, following established safety practices and procedures 
  • Depending on role, ability to do moderate to heavy lifting 
Specialized requirements: 

Certified dietary manager / supervisor / consultant: require certification (e.g. certified dietary manager credential) and supervisory experience in food service environments

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Frequently asked questions about dietary roles

What is your recruitment process?
Our recruitment process is tailored to different types of roles. For head office positions, you’ll typically go through several interview stages with our Talent Acquisition team. If you’re applying for roles in our long-term care homes, you might hear directly from an Executive Director or other home leadership team members, followed by additional interviews as needed.
  1. Log in to Workday through Extendicare’s portal here.
  2. Click the menu tab (three horizontal lines in the top-right corner).
  3. Select Job Alerts and then click Create Job Alert.
  4. Fill out your details:
    1.  Job Alert Name
    2. Frequency (daily or weekly)
    3. Your Preferences (Job Category, Location, Job Type, Full/Part-time)
  5. Click Create.

You’ll see your alert is now active, and we’ll send you email updates about jobs that match what you’re looking for.

Need to make changes to your alerts? Here’s how:

  1. Go to your Job Alert page and find your active alert
  2. Click Manage under “Actions.”
  3. Choose Edit to make changes or Delete to remove it completely.
  4. If you’re deleting, confirm by clicking Delete when prompted.

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All genuine career opportunities are posted only on our official website (extendicare.com/careers/positions/).

  1. We never ask for money or payment during our hiring process.
  2. You’ll only receive job offers after applying directly and going through our interview process with an Extendicare recruiter or hiring manager.
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We offer competitive extended health and other perks to eligible employees, including access to a free Employee and Family Assistance Program to support you and your loved ones.
Yes! Eligible team members can apply for educational scholarships that may also benefit their immediate family members.

Work arrangements depend on your specific role, location and team.

Team members in our long-term care homes are on-site, while head office employees typically follow a hybrid schedule that includes both office time and working from home.

Absolutely! We’re committed to continuous learning and growth. We offer comprehensive training programs, educational scholarships for employees and families, tuition reimbursement opportunities for eligible team members and ongoing professional development. Plus, there are plenty of opportunities to advance your career across our wide network of facilities and in our head office.

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