Food Services Assistant

Job Requisition ID: 1906- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168- Employment Type: Casual- Posting Date: 17 Sep 2024

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

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos**:monashhealth.org/careers**.

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful**

**About the Role**

Monash Health is seeking enthusiastic and detail-oriented individuals to join our team as casual Food Services Assistants. This role is vital in ensuring that our food preparation and consumption areas meet the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene. Additionally, you will play a key role in preparing and delivering meals to our patients, contributing directly to their care and comfort. As a Food Services Assistant you must maintain a high standard of food hygiene in accordance with cleaning schedules.

**A Day in the Life**

As an FSA, you will be required to complete multiple tasks during a shift, these will vary according to different sites. A typical day for an FSA would include:

- Prepare breakfast and morning tea
- Prepare ingredients for cooking
- Deliver food trolley to wards and deliver meals to patients
- Collect food trays and deliver back to kitchen
- Strip, sort, sanitise and clean all trays, cutlery and utensils
- Load and operate dishwashers
- Ensure proper detergents and cleansers are used, maintaining safe work practices
- Clean cooking equipment and utensils

**Our Journey**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage.

With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes. At Monash Health, our Support Services team plays a crucial role in both clinical and non-clinical areas, ensuring the smooth operation of our healthcare facilities. Our team members work across various departments, providing essential services that directly impact patient care and overall hospital efficiency.

**About You**

As a Food Services Assistant at Monash Health, you will be required to have;
- A competent level of verbal & written communication skills
- A high standard of demonstrated experience in customer service from a health care or hospitality environment
- The capability to prioritise work within established routines, methods and procedures
- The ability to work with a cohesive team or individually to complete daily tasks
- The ability to undertake physical work including lifting, carrying and manual handling throughout the site
- The ability to demonstrate safe work practices
- The ability to work autonomously and with mínimal supervision.

**What you need**:

- Safe Food Handling certificate

**In Return**
- We will provide you with supernumerary (buddy) shifts to ensure you are supported in your role
- Work across various sites for a change in environment
- Choose the shifts that suit your needs and lifestyle

For the FSA Position Description, please click here

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

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.