About the role:
We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Chef to bring their dynamic culinary skills to this rewarding position. In this role you will joining our dynamic Food Services team on a permanent part-time basis (25 hours per week), you’ll be playing a key role in the preparation and cooking of nutritious and high-quality meals for our patients at St Vincents Private Hospital Toowoomba.
Your key responsibilities would include:
Preparation, cooking and presentation of meals at a consistently high standard
Ensuring compliance with HACCP standards and the hospitals food safety program
Monitoring food process including handling, safe storage and stock rotation
Assisting with menu production and daily kitchen operations
Working closely and collaboratively with the broader Food Services team
Things that work for you:
Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
Financial Wellbeing Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum , competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
Health and Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
Things that work for us:
Qualified Chef with relevant trade qualifications (Cert III or Cert IV in Commercial Cookery)
Ability to work on a permanent part-time basis – with flexibility to work either AM or PM shifts (these times ranging from 5.30am – 7.30pm)
Demonstrated experience in safe food handling for at least 2 years
Ability to work with minimal supervision with outstanding communication and decision-making skills
Ability to cater to a wide range variety of sensitive dietary requirements
Must understand allergy management practices
Ability to work in a diverse workplace
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with docket system within room service model
About our hospital:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our occupational therapy team works with a broader multidisciplinary allied health team across the following areas: general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, , intensive care, maternity and paediatrics, cardiac and neurology.
Mission and Values:
As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.
Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation
Respectfully, no agencies please. Apply NOW!
Pre-Employment Checks:
Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks which may include a Working with Children check (i.e. a Blue Card). For further information about St Vincent’s commitment to Child Safety, visit St Vincent's Code of Conduct
St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence will be required for proof of immunity.
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At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
