Operations Coordinator Patient Food Services

6 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 50784
- Make an impact supporting patients, their families and carers
- Full time Position
- Locations: Austin Hospital, Royal Talbot Repatriation Centre & Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

The Austin Health Food Services Department is an in-house service which consists of the following two business units:

- Patient Food Services: provides patient meals for all Austin Health campus’ as well as providing a patient meals service to Royal Women’s Hospital. Currently the Austin Health Patient Food Services Department is plating approximately 2700 cook/chill meals each day. Food Services has 138 staff.
- Medi Chef is located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (HRH) campus. Medi Chef produces cook/chill (short shelf life and long shelf life) meal components for both Austin Health and other clients. Medi Chef has 25 staff and currently produces 128,000 meals components per week.

**About the role**

This position leads the Supervisors in the day to day supervision of operational staff in the finishing kitchens at the 3 Austin Health Campuses namely: Austin hospital, Royal Talbot Repatriation Centre and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- Experience in the management of large-scale food services operations.
- Knowledge and understanding of food safety including HACCP, Food Safety Plans and fulfilling all reporting requirements.
- Ability to report budgetary variances and implement cost control measures where required and directed by the Operations Manager, Patient Food Services.
- Self-motivated and outcome driven.
- Intermediate computer skills e.g., MS Word, Outlook, Excel.
- Experience working with culturally diverse teams.
- Experience in the identification and implementation of improvement initiatives
- A valid driver’s license.

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, discounted car parking
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

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