Food Services Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Facilities Management, Health and Allied Health

Reference: 56254

**Australia’s first Heart Hospital is opening soon Join us at Australia’s only dedicated, purpose-built heart hospital.**

**Our journey**

The **Victorian Heart Hospital** will be Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital and is nearing its final stages of construction. It will include a full range of ambulatory and inpatient cardiac care, including cardiac theatres, cardiac catheterisation laboratories and ambulatory services such as cardiac CT, echocardiography and specialist consultation. It will also feature a unique, patient centred model of care. The **Victorian Heart Hospital** will also play a key role in advancing research and teaching and will be home to the Victorian Heart Institute, a brand new, health and medical research organisation at Monash University.

**Now Recruiting Food Services Assistants**

By joining Monash Health’s cardiac team as one of our** Food Services Assistant’s** you will be part of the team that transitions into the brand-new facility after its completion. You’ll be welcomed into a positive and supportive environment, passionate about delivering cardiac care to a diverse and growing local community. The career opportunities are limitless with access to education support within a tertiary hospital.

Reporting to the Food Services Supervisor, you’ll be part of our larger Monash Health Support Services team.

You’ll also enjoy working in brand new facilities in a dedicated heart hospital that will provide:

- improved facilities in a sustainable design, filled with colour, natural light, and space
- dedicated leadership team fostering high performing talent
- career progression opportunities within Victoria’s largest health service
- cutting edge state of the art technology
- innovative design to facilitate world-leading research

**A Day in the Life**:
Working as part of the Food Services Team, the **Food Services Assistant** is responsible for duties assigned in the preparation, regeneration, plating, delivery and collection of meals throughout the day. Also includes the provision of outstanding customer services and washing and sanitising of items in kitchen areas and equipment.

**Responsibilities include; (but not limited to)**:

- Assist in the preparation of meals
- Accurately assembling tray supplies and food on tray line
- Clean Kitchen and equipment
- Deliver, distribute and collect all meal requirements
- Strip, sort, sanitise and clean all trays, cutlery and utensils
- Completing all food safety documentation in a timely manner

**What you bring**:

- Previous experience preferably within healthcare
- Experience in the delivery of Food Services including an ability to negotiate positive outcomes for patients
- Clear understanding food safety guidelines
- A competent level of verbal & written communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills

**On a Personal Level, you will need**:

- A proactive “Can-Do” approach to your work and an ability to prioritise tasks
- Demonstrated experience in customer service from a health care or hospitality environment
- An interest in working with and caring for people

**What you need**:

- Current Food Handlers Certificate - Level 1 (**_Essential_**)
- Qualification relevant to Health HLTFS207C - Follow basic food safety practice
- Comprehensive understanding of diet codes, texture modified foods and fluids, food allergies and intolerances
- Ability to undertake physical work including lifting, carrying and manual handling
- Basic to intermediate computer skills
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills, able to provide a friendly approach to all patients and visitors at Monash Health.

**In Return**

You’ll be joining Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital and be a part of:

- a passionate cardiac team dedicated to making a difference to the health of Victorians
- a friendly, flexible work environment
- unique opportunities for education, career growth and support
- mentorship from a highly experienced and respected team
- the largest public health service in Victoria, employing more than 22,000 people

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and iCare values.

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

**How to Apply**

For information including how to app