Prep Cook

Location: Apollo Bay, VIC, Australia 3233

Company: Barwon South West

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Hours per fortnight: 24

Job Category: Cook

Great Ocean Road Health is Hiring: Prep Cooks Needed for Both Lorne & Apollo Bay Campuses – Two Positions Available

- Work for an organization that recently won the Premiers Small Healthcare Service or the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2024

- Live and work along the beautiful Surf Coast at Lorne / Apollo Bay

- Chance for suitably qualified candidates to extend their skills in a varied, busy rural hospital

Great Ocean Road Health serves the communities of Lorne, Apollo Bay, and the Surf Coast, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare close to home. Formed in 2019 through the integration of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health, we offer a range of services across our Lorne and Apollo Bay campuses. Our goal is to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community, ensuring sustainable, robust care for the future while maintaining local services and staff levels.

About the Role

The Prep Cook supports the Food Services Team in delivering safe, nutritious, and high-quality meals to residents, patients, staff, and visitors. This role supports the kitchen's overall operations and involves preparing ingredients, assisting with meal production, and ensuring compliance with GORH’s Food Safety Plan and relevant regulations. Attention to dietary requirements, hygiene standards, and efficient kitchen practices is essential.

- Work Along the Iconic Great Ocean Road Join Great Ocean Road Health and experience a rewarding career in one of Australia’s most breathtaking coastal destinations, serving vibrant communities along the Surf Coast and Otways

- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction

- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

- Wide range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career

- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

- Community Engagement - our health service encourages you to be actively involved in the community health education initiative and preventative care.

Contact Information

Contact Name: Janet Smartt

Phone: 03 5237 8500

Diversity and Inclusion

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities and identities.

We are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and a workplace that promotes wellbeing, and welcomes applications from those who identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.

We actively encourage individuals with disabilities and diverse backgrounds and identities to apply for our positions. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, we are here to assist you every step of the way.

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

To join our team, all candidates are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and influenza, aligning with our health services immunisation policy.

Please note: This is an online application, and the system will automatically close submissions on Friday 21st November 2025.

We, Great Ocean Road Health, acknowledge that our offices are built on unceded lands of the Gadubanud People of the Mear Nation. We pay our respects to all First Nations Peoples and will continue to strengthen the complex knowledge systems of health and healing that intertwine the landscape and communities we live and work in. Great Ocean Road Health is committed to improving health outcomes and pathways for First Nations People and ensuring a culturally safe environment.

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