Kitchen Assistant

Job Description:

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About your role:
We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to join as Food Production Kitchen Assistant to work in our production kitchen at St Vincent's Private Hospital to maintain high levels of professional standards in servicing patients across St Vincent's Darlinghurst Campus.

St Vincent's Private Hospital production kitchen is a cook fresh facility with a high quality food safety accredited meal service, producing more than 60,000 meals per month. This is a large team of approx. 40 staff in this busy kitchen. You will be directly managed by the kitchen supervisor, them reporting to the Head chef.

The role involves working in the dessert section, cold larder, vegetable prep, ingredients room or diet aide section. Duties include the preparation of sandwiches & sandwich fillings, slicing of meats, preparation of vegetables, herbs, salads and fruits for the campus. Preparation & plating of desserts, and of hot meals during the tray line service. Weighing of ingredients for recipes. Some cooking of stocks and sauces under supervision.

Working hours would be between 5am and 6.30pm, Monday to Sunday.

About You

• Good communication skills
• Availability to work rotating shifts
• Ability to take directions
• Ability to read recipes and follow written instructions
• A high degree of personal hygiene and safe food practices.
• Basic computer literacy
• Basic knife skills
• Knowledge of HACCP requirements.
• Ability to follow Safe Work Practices and WHS procedures.
• Previous food preparation background and experience.
• Previous experience working with the dietary requirements would be of advantage

Why work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About The Hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent's private hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A state-of-the art hospital in a beautiful inner-city location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Groundbreaking technologies, including world-first robotic-assisted surgeries
• Highly specialized services in orthopaedics, heart and lung, head and neck, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, upper GI/hepatobiliary surgery, ENT, colorectal surgery, gynaecology, neurology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cancer services, and mental health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How To Apply
Please submit your resume. A cover letter is welcome, but not required.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact Sampath Shetty Executive Chef via

Closing Date:

11 October :59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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