Food Service Assistant

**Date**:17 Apr 2025

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**Food Services Assistant**
- Part time Ongoing role
- 0.32 EFT at 25 hours (5 shifts) / Fortnight
- The set working days are Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday. 5-hour shifts starting at 3.00 pm and finishing at 8.00 pm, with the opportunity to pick up additional shifts.

**About the Role**

The Food Service Assistant works as part of a team in the Food Service Department assisting with many of the activities involved with food and/or formula production, distribution and food storage to ensure patients receive high quality meals and feeds in a timely and accurate manner. The position involves being cross-trained across a variety of roles within food services including assisting with patient meal set-up, delivering patient meals to the bedside, collecting patient meal trays and dish-washing, and may also include duties in the central formula room including bottle washing and preparation of infant formula/enteral feeds.

Classification for this position will range from IN13 - IN14, Food and Domestic Assistant Grade 1 to Food and Domestic Assistant Grade 2 (base hourly rate $24.87 - $27.07 per hour plus penalties, plus superannuation)

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Work as part of a team to achieve high quality patient service
- Comply with the principles of food safety and the RCH Food Safety Program to ensure feeds are handled safely at all times
- Comply with all hospital and departmental policies and procedures
- Willingness to undertake a variety of tasks as needed

**Your skills and experience**:

- Previous experience in health or hospitality setting in a similar role an advantage
- Ability to read & write English, sufficient to understand verbal & written instructions and communicate with other staff and with families
- High standard of personal presentation and hygiene
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Food Allergy Training Certificate
- Food Handling Certificate Level 1 (Basic Food Safety)

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Nutrition and Food Services Department**

The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at The Royal Children's Hospital incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula,

enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients.

**What we offer**:

- Staff Wellbeing Hub
- Discounted on-site car parking

**Other Requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vac