Job Description

About the job

• Part-time position, 35 hours per week
• Be part of a supportive and friendly team
• An opportunity to utilise your customer service skills
• Opportunity to work in a reputable healthcare environment

About Us

Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, and providing a full range of surgical specialties and medical procedures.

Our hospital exists, quite simply, to make lives better. We know the right experience at Braemar Hospital can improve how patients and their whānau feel, and how they live, even when there’s a long journey to full recovery. To see patients, leave Braemar with a new lease on life makes our efforts worthwhile.

The service we deliver at Braemar Hospital, and the profit that generates, enables our owner, the Braemar Charitable Trust, to support our community to live better lives through funding surgeries, health-related academic scholarships, medical research, and other health-related initiatives across the Waikato.

Care and excellence are at our core. We are well-known for investing in highly sophisticated technology, equipment, and facilities to enable our highly skilled team to deliver quality, safe patient outcomes. We also invest heavily in developing a world-leading organisational culture to attract and retain the very best talent because we know the critical role our team play in surgical excellence.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about providing exceptional service while supporting a dynamic kitchen team? Braemar Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic Food and Beverage Attendant to join our team!

Working in the kitchen and hospital campus, reporting to the Executive Chef, the Food and
Beverage Attendant is responsible for:

• Preparing and serving a variety of high-quality beverages directly to our Patients.
• Ensuring excellent customer service by greeting and assisting patients, clients, and staff with a friendly and professional attitude.
• Maintaining cleanliness and organization of the kitchen by washing and sanitizing dishes.
• Cleaning and preparing our staff tearooms for daily meal breaks for our clients and staff.
• Assisting with food preparation and service as needed.
• Servicing and maintaining coffee machines throughout the hospital to ensure optimal performance.
• Serving rooms and clearing meal trays.
• Following our Food Control Plan, adhering to health and safety policy and regulations.

The position is for 35 hours a week, with morning shifts starting from 6:30am and late shifts finishing by 8:45pm. This role is inclusive of weekends on rotating rosters.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Be able to work autonomously, providing reliable support.
• Have proven experience in food and beverage or kitchen support roles.
• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and help with washing dishes.
• Have strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and quality.
• Have flexibility and adaptability to work in various roles within the kitchen department as needed.
• Be flexible with your ability to work various shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Be able to work in a team and be able to deliver consistent high standards.

Working for Us

Choosing to work at Braemar Hospital means choosing to live the Braemar Way. Our ‘BCOMPassionate’ principles are our North Star, and we know when our people and culture line up
behind the Braemar Way, we become unbeatable.

In addition to competitive remuneration, working with us provides you with access to a number of great benefits, including:

• We provide morning and afternoon tea daily, and we have delicious seasonal fruit delivered five times a week across the hospital;
• We heavily subsidise restaurant-quality meals which you can order for lunch and dinner;
• We have an annual summer shutdown where we close the hospital and ensure our whole team have some down time;
• Once you hit five years’ service at Braemar, we increase your annual holidays accrual to five weeks per year;
• We offer access to our retail and experience discount platforms so you can access great local discounts;
• We provide a parental leave top-up benefit if you’re heading off on parental leave;
• We offer limited free parking on site, a secure bike storage shed, electric vehicle chargers, and we are on a main public transport bus route;
• We provide a pretty special Wellness initiative each year;
• You’ll have access to a Financial Advisor to help support with your personal finances, free of charge;
• We offer Vitae support which includes confidential, professional support anytime you need it;
• We recognise Long Service;
• We offer considerable space options for you to take a break – we have beautiful outdoor gardens and patio areas, our tea rooms are well-equipped, and we offer quiet spaces for prayer or reflection, or just to have some time out;
• We have monthly Bravo Awards to recognise employees who demonstrate our
  BCOMPassionate principles;
• We issue employees with Extraordinary cards for gifting and recognition;
• We offer a range of financial protection and insurance benefits to eligible employees: including trauma, income protection and life insurances;
• We offer the Workride benefit, a programme which enables you to easily purchase a bike, e-bike or e-scooter at significantly offset costs;
• We are a Living Wage-accredited employer;
• We also provide professional development, internal development opportunities, and professional celebrations throughout the year.

Please note, we are not accepting candidate applications via agencies.

If you have a passion for food service and a desire to make a positive impact in a healthcare setting, we would love to hear from you! Apply now by uploading your cover letter and resume.