Cook

We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent's kind of person. Someone who puts compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

As a Cook you'll be part of an experienced, engaged and dedicated team helping to create a welcoming, professional and supportive care experience for the residents of St Vincent's Care Services Bronte.

St Vincent's Care Services Bronte is a boutique facility located in one of Sydney's beautiful beachside neighbourhoods. Our 107-bed facility offers a high standard of holistic care as well as specialist dementia accommodation.

At St Vincent's Care, our Heartprint model ensures compassionate, holistic, person-centred care that empowers residents and fosters a sense of belonging, independence, and cultural respect, creating a life filled with purpose and wellbeing.

What's on your resume is important, but what's in your heart matters more.

Because at St Vincent's, kindness works for us.

This is a Permanent Part Time opportunity.

Things that work for us:

• Qualification in Commercial Cooking.
• Previous experience in a similar role assisting in the preparation and serving of meals. Aged care &/or hospital experience desirable.
• Flexibility to produce special dietary requirements - knowledge of aged care related nutrition and special diets for health advantageous.
• Assisting with food service duties including setting tables, cleaning dishes and cleaning
• Genuine and professional customer service skills, team player and well presented
• Ensure compliance with food safety hygiene standards
• Maintaining a safe environment for residents and staff
• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check
• Our kitchen operates seven (7) days a week and as such, the successful applicant will need to be flexible in their availability across the week, for both AM and PM shifts.

Things that work for you:

• More take-home pay with competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
• Better work-life balance with consistent fortnightly rosters patterns for permanent positions -no rotating rosters
• Opportunity to work for the nation's largest Catholic not-for-profit health and aged care provider, with a rapidly growing and progressive vision
• Join an organisation where staff feedback indicates they are largely treated with respect, are confident in their management's leadership and would stay if offered a similar job elsewhere
• Become a specialist in aged-care nursing Perfect your skills and fast-track your nursing career in one of the fastest growing fields in healthcare
• Career development, mentoring and leadership opportunities within St Vincent's network
• Like-minded colleagues with a friendly team environment and a great community care spirit
• Rewarding work that focuses on relationships over routines
• No cost uniforms and training
• No mandatory COVID vaccinations Free annual flu vaccination (recommended).
• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families
• Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)

Why become part of the St Vincent's Care family?
Because you're like us, you believe that every act of kindness makes the world a better place. Better for everyone who lives in the 20 facilities and locations we operate in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Better for all our staff and employees, who work to provide the highest levels of care and quality of life for our clients. And better support for our local communities.

For more than 175 years, St Vincent's Care has been a leading Catholic provider of Aged Care Services in Australia, upholding compassion, justice, integrity and excellence in all we do.

At St Vincent's we value inclusivity and diversity and acknowledge the important of creating a work environment that is welcome, safe, fair and impartial and invite people from all backgrounds to join our caring family.

Reconciliation Action Plan
St Vincent's Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's unique perspectives, knowledge, and cultural. We strive to achieve better physical, mental, and spiritual health outcomes through continued connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We understand the need to effectively engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to influence decision making at all levels and to create opportunity through sustainable and culturally safe employment.

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. For further information, visit or get in contact at [email protected]

Interested?
No agencies please.