Chef

Date: 12 Aug 2025

Location: Midland

Business Unit: Midland Nursing Home

St Jude's Health Care Group is a trusted provider of Aged Care, Allied Health and Disability Services, established in 1982. With a strong reputation built over four decades and as a purpose-driven organisation, we operate with a clear philosophy: we do not provide any service that isn't good enough for our own families. Our work is grounded in respect, integrity, commitment, and genuine partnerships with the individuals and communities we support.

As our Chef, you'll take pride in delivering exceptional food and service, ensuring every dish meets the highest standards of quality, taste, and presentation. You'll maintain impeccable hygiene and safety practices while creating menus that meet nutritional requirements and delight our residents. Leading a dedicated kitchen team, you'll foster a culture that thrives on excellence, teamwork, and keeping clients happy. This is a hands-on role for someone with a passion for food, a sharp eye for detail, and a positive, professional attitude.

• Take ownership of purchasing and stock management to keep our kitchen running smoothly
• Create and refine menu items and service offerings that delight our residents
• Lead, mentor, and inspire new kitchen and hospitality staff to deliver exceptional service
• Uphold the highest food safety standards, ensuring every meal is prepared with care

This role is being hired on a permanent full-time basis and is located out of our charming Midland Nursing Home facility

Our ideal candidate will have significant previous experience within the food services industry, ideally within health/aged care. They will have strong time management skills, the ability to work to deadlines and the ability to maintain an organised, process-driven workplace. We are looking for someone who will be able to easily prioritise the health and safety of residents, all while delivering a menu that is creative, exciting and especially tasty Our ideal candidate will be a natural people person who will inspire and drive the rest of their team to share in collective goal of delivering a wonderful end product to clients.

Key selection criteria includes:

• Experience working with specialised dietary requirements
• Experience designing and delivering menu's/service offerings
• Knowledge of food safety protocols/procedures for the aged care sector
• Experience leading hospitality teams or hospitality venues

Midland Nursing Home is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression, then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.