Chef - Aged Care Residential Services

3 days ago

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Bendigo Health Full time $60,000 - $80,000 per year

Work in an environment that offers:

  • Part time hours to suit work life balance
  • An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
  • 5 Weeks Annual Leave & Salary Packaging

The Position

Job Reference: 3104

Position Title: Chef

Classification: RG7

Salary per hour (exc. super): $36.00

Hours per fortnight: 72

Employment Status: Ongoing Part Time

Closing date:29/10/2024

The Chef at Aged Care Residential Services is responsible for the preparation, cooking, and baking of all meals provided to residents. This includes planning and delivering a well-balanced seasonal menu that aligns with residents' nutritional needs, dietary requirements, and texture modifications.

The role requires strict adherence to food safety standards, cleaning protocols, and accurate record-keeping related to food preparation, safety monitoring, and kitchen operations. The Chef provides guidance and support to assistant cooks and food services staff to ensure the safe and consistent delivery of all meals.

A sound understanding of aged care legislation and compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards is essential.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

  • Staff health and wellbeing programs
  • Career development and education opportunities
  • Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
  • Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact Ellen Lea, Manager Food Services on for a confidential discussion.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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