Food Services Assistant

**Food & Domestic Assistant**

**Part-Time positions available.**

Mansfield District Hospital is currently seeking dedicated and compassionate Food Services Assistants to join our healthcare team. If you have a passion for delivering exceptional service in a healthcare environment, we invite you to apply.

**About the role**:
At Mansfield District Hospital our Food Services Assistant works as part of a team in the Food Service Department assisting with many of the activities involved with food distribution and food storage to ensure patients and residents 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.

Please review Position Description for full details on position requirements.

**About you**

**_ We deliver great care:_** We strive for the best health outcomes for our consumers and communities every time. Consumers are at the centre of our care and we consistently provide high-quality, safe and personalised care. We demonstrate empathy and kindness in every aspect of our care.

**_ We respect each other:_**_ _**We respect our peers, our consumers, our hospital and our environment. Care is delivered thoughtfully and with compassion. We are considerate of our consumers’ dignity and privacy, and our consumers trust and have confidence in our quality of care. We actively listen and act fairly, impartially and without judgement.

**_ We work together:_**_ _We work as a cohesive team and feel connected to the work we do together. We maintain strong connections to our diverse communities in and outside of Mansfield. We work in collaboration with our partners to deliver exceptional care. We have honest and open conversations with our staff, consumers and the community.

**_ We empower each other:_**_ _We support and trust each other to deliver an exceptional consumer experience. We give our consumers the information and resources they need to make considered and informed decisions about their health care. We continuously support our staff in their development and empower them to make decisions based on their best judgement.

**Key Selection Criteria**:

- Must be able to work all shifts, weekly, afternoon and weekends including public holidays
- Computer skills at a basic level;
- Understanding of confidentiality;
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisation skills;
- Ability to work with a wide variety of people;
- Self-motivated with a high level of communication and organisational skills demonstrated ability to work alone.

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience in cleaning, preferably in a healthcare setting.
- Knowledge of infection control practices and procedures.
- Knowledge of proper handling and disposal of biohazardous materials.

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high cleanliness standards.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Physical stamina to perform cleaning tasks, including lifting and moving equipment.

**About us**:
Mansfield District Hospital (MDH) is located in Victoria’s scenic high country, at the foot of Mount Buller and on the shores of Lake Eildon, only two hours from Melbourne.

We have created an exceptional health service for the Mansfield and surrounding community. Providing care for all life stages and critical health needs, including acute hospital care, urgent care, operating theatre, obstetrics with a midwifery group practice model, aged care, regional district nursing service for in-home care and our allied health services.

**More Information**

Applications close midnight 20th December 2024