Food Services Assistant

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Casual

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 51138
- Casual
- Heidelberg - Location

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.

**About the department**

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 on 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**

As a **Food Service Assistant**, you'll play an important role as part of the team, providing quality nutritional and balanced meals for our patients. The daily job activities will include serving meals on a plating line, general food preparation, kitchen duties including

Prepare, plate, distribute and collect patient meals

Provide meal and beverage service to wards & patients

Cleaning duties, use of industrial dishwasher

**About you**

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

- An ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients and staff.
- To complete food safety records as required.
- To prepare all cold larder and sandwiches as per specification.
- To be able to work across sites.
- To be flexible to work across shifts.
- Year 10 or Equivalent

**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:

- Salary packaging benefits, 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, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

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