Residential Care – Chef
Imagine a career filled with purpose and possibility
Competitive rates of pay
Fulfilling work that fits around your life
Employment Type: Part-time/Casual
Contract Type: Permanent/Casual
Location: Dungog
About the role:
As a Chef at RSL LifeCare, every day you’re empowered to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives. Within our supportive work environment your skills and compassion are valued. You will have the opportunity to:
Lead all aspects of food operations including food safety, preparation and service, ordering, cost and quality control for the Residential Care site
Play a leadership role that includes team supervision, documentation, training and development
Role model a customer service mindset and create a welcoming environment for residents and their visitors
Partner with residents and families about food choices, preferences and requirements and create an enjoyable dining experience for residents and visitors
Plan, prepare and supervise special meals and cater to all dietary requirements (e.g. low salt, diabetic, coeliac, soft, texture modified diets, pureed, high/low protein)
Take responsibility for Food Safety Plan (HACCP) and ensure quality standards and regulatory requirements are consistently met
Build strong and productive relationships with your team to deliver a positive dining experience
Our benefits:
RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:
Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.
Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave
Career opportunities across Residential Care homes and Community Services
About You:
We are excited to hear from you about this role! We are looking out for:
Your demonstrated compassion and empathy. Our teams have a passion for what they do and the impact they make to our residents and their families.
Your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to ensure the best possible resident experience and teamwork
Your track record of leadership, ability to coordinate kitchen operations in a busy and fast-paced environment and provide clarity and direction to the team
Your experience in menu planning and catering to modified diets
Your ability to work efficiently and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards
Current knowledge of Food Handling Legislative including HACCP requirements
Certificate 3 or 4 in Commercial Cookery as well as Food Safety Certification
Australian Working Rights
Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow!
It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.
Our commitment to diversity:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team. We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.
RC Dungog
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.
