Head Chef

3 days ago

Townsville City, Australia McKenzie Full time

Bolton Clarke is Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit aged care provider shaping the future of positive ageing. With RSL Queensland and the Royal District Nursing Service at the heart of our DNA, we have been caring for Australians since 1885. Today, our exceptional teams support more than 130,000 people to live independently at home and across our 43 retirement living communities and 88 residential aged care homes. Everything we do is dedicated to enabling, celebrating and supporting older Australians to live and age positively.

The Location

Located at the base of Mt Louisa in Townsville, Bolton Clarke’s Glendale provides high-quality aged care in a friendly, secure and comfortable residential environment.

About the Opportunity

As the Head Chef you will be responsible to lead and manage the facilities dietary and catering function, ensuring a safe, high quality food service is delivered in compliance with legislative requirements, and in line with the Lifestyle approach.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will be mainly responsible for:

- Manage all compliance aspects of food preparation, cooking, presentation and serving of palatable and nutritious meals and mid-meals

- Maintaining regular cleaning of all areas within the kitchen and kitchenettes as per schedule and Food Safety Plan

- Assist Senior Management with the budgeting for food and labour costs ensuring budget is achieved for hotel services

- Manage the ordering, delivery, stock control and food storage process for hotel services

- Communicate with customers on a regular basis to ensure that catering services meet their needs, issues are addressed in a timely manner and formal comments are dealt with professionally and efficiently

- Provide leadership and supervision of the day-to-day activities of the cook team

About You

To be successful for this role, you must demonstrate the following:

- Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery or other relevant discipline or possess the equivalent knowledge, skills and experience deemed to be the equivalent by Bolton Clarke

- Demonstrated experience in commercial catering or other food services for the Aged in either a nursing home or hospital practice setting

- Demonstrated minimum 1-year relevant experience

- Demonstrated knowledge of State Food Safe Regulations

- Demonstrated experience in positive staff motivation and enhancement team performance

- Positive attitude with a willingness to learn

- Professional presentation

- Valid working rights in Australia (Passport, Birth Certificate etc)

- Complete a police check

- NDIS Worker Check (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement)

Our culture is both supportive and collaborative, where you can make your role your own. In return you'll get:

- A work culture that truly values you and invests in your career

- Salary packaging options and tax benefits of up to $18,500 annually

- A range of employee discounts and benefits

- Ongoing professional development and career opportunities

- Mental Health Programs (EAP)

- Free annual flu vaccination

- Range of discounts (300+)

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