Meal Monitor

**Employment Status**

Permanent Part Time

**Program**

People & Culture

**Location**

McKellar Centre

**Hours Per Fortnight**

36

**Position Summary**
- Enjoy a role that will be varied, challenging and rewarding
- This is your chance to enhance your career with Victoria’s largest regional Health Service
- Grow your skills at an organisation invested in your long-term development

**About the Facility**

Barwon Health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South Western Region. It is Victoria's largest regional health service and one of the busiest hospital's in the State. We serve a population of over 500,000 through the efforts of over 8,000 staff and more than 1,200 volunteers. We provide care at all stages of life and circumstances through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 28 key locations throughout the region.

**About the Role**

The Meal Monitor is responsible for facilitating and organising the process of patient meal selections from a menu cycle, ready for the tray line operation.

The Meal Monitor acts as a team member in the Department of Food Services, in order to provide quality menu selection processing services to patients/residents of Barwon Health. You will work together with other Barwon Health staff (Nurses, PSAs, Food Services staff & Dietitians Department, Speech Pathologists), in order to support patients/residents to achieve an optimum nutritional health via the following activities:

- Distribute, discuss and collect patient food choices from selective menus, for meals.
- Enter menu data into computerised CBORD menu software system.
- Liaise with the Dietitians Assistants and other Meal Monitors, regarding patient dietary requirements and to implement interventions as advised
- Act as a liaison between the patient/resident and Dietitians Assistants in order to monitor, and encourage patient dietary adequacy and dietary compliance

**About the culture**

You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional, friendly and dedicated workforce who take pride in providing high quality service. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation. We are all dedicated to supporting the organisation in achieving our vision of - By 2050 everyone in our community enjoys the best health and wellbeing in Victoria.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness program
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djillong, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
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**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.
Desirable: Food Safety Certificate
Essential: Previous admin or data entry experience
Desirable: Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to function effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.

**Contact Person**

Dennis Stirling

**Contact Person Job Title**

**Contact Number**

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