Job Description

The Patient Food Services Assistant Supervisor (FSAS) oversees the daily operations of the Patient Kitchen team, ensuring the safe preparation, delivery, and hygiene of patient meals. This role involves supervising staff, managing food storage and meal preparation, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, while promoting a safe and efficient work environment. This is a full-time opportunity requiring you to have rostering availability across 7 days 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

What you'll bring:

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to effectively supervise, motivate, and communicate with a team.
• Excellent time management abilities and a keen attention to detail to meet operational standards.
• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene standards, and infection control, with the ability to apply these in a healthcare setting.
• Positive, flexible approach to work, with a willingness to adapt to changes in work practices and continuous quality improvement.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and a collaborative mindset to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

About Royal Adelaide Hospital
As South Australia’s pre-eminent health facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is dedicated to delivering world-class care and innovation in healthcare. Our commitment to excellence ensures a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

Why Downer?

We’re proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Work in a technologically advanced, purpose-built healthcare facility.
• Comprehensive site-based training and ongoing professional development and the ability to step up.
• Convenient city location with excellent public transport access, including the ability to access free public transport.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.

Please note: As a pre-requisite for this role, successful candidates will be required to undertake a pre-employment medical, as well as provide an up-to-date National Police Clearance and Immunisation history.

At Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.