Description:
About the role
This role is part of the St Vincent’s Lismore 40+ catering team and reports directly to our Hospitality Services Manager.
In this role you will supervise our kitchen staff, provide support to the team and Hospitality Services Manager as required. Excellent customer service, teamwork, quality care, and food safety are all essential in this role, with your everyday tasks including:
- Ordering of stock, auditing and overseeing rotation process
- Processing staff forms and requests for leave or changes to contracts
- Managing work hours and monitoring KPIs
- Collating meal plans based on diet and allergen requirements for menu management system
- Supervising and working as part of a positive, well-oiled team to prepare and serve high quality food to patients, residents, and employees across the St Vincent’s campus
- Maintaining excellent food safety standards in all aspects of food preparation, storage, and delivery
- Packing away deliveries and covering staff on the floor where required
We have one permanent full-time position available, based at our St Vincent’s Lismore campus. Interviews will be conducted after the advertising closing date (12nd April 2025).
Our benefits
Beyond our measurable commitment to building a culture of excellence, we offer our people a range of benefits including but not limited to:
- Salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,650 in entertainment/ accommodation benefits each year (100% yours i.e. no split with SVL), increasing your overall take home pay
- Salary increases and holiday leave loading in line with our Enterprise Agreement
- Access to free counselling/coaching sessions with AccessEAP
- Discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
- Access to free Flu vaccinations each year
- Discounted private health insurance through our Corporate Health Plan
- Staff discount on St Vincent’s Lismore hospital admissions
- Subsidised meals
- Free onsite staff parking
- Corporate kitchen uniform provided
- Ongoing formal and informal performance feedback
Your skills & experience
- Great time management skills, supporting the kitchen team to meet all food prep, cleaning and delivery schedules for a large commercial kitchen.
- Excellent people skills including the ability to communicate with a diverse range of patients, residents, caregivers and staff;
- Excellent knowledge of food safety principles
- Previous experience with coordinating catering for functions and events desired, but not essential;
- Previous experience in a commercial cooking setting with a formal qualification relevant to the hospitality field highly regarded.
- Flexible and available to work all shifts on a rotating roster.
About us
Established in 1921, St Vincent’s Lismore leads the way in providing high-quality healthcare, aged care and childcare for the people of our community. It is our mission to create a culture of excellence in quality healthcare, reflecting Catholic values and principles in the spirit of Jesus Christ. At St Vincent’s Lismore we are united by our values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Courage and Kindness. Our values underpin how we work together, provide care and support for our patients, carers, employees, and community every day.
For an overview of the recruitment process at St Vincents Hospital please see the attached document.
To apply
This recruitment will close when the right candidate is found.
APPLY now by submitting a resume detailing your experience and a cover letter that outlines what you are looking for and why you want to join the St Vincent’s Lismore community.
For more information about St Vincent’s Lismore, go to our website: http://www.svh.org.au
For more information about this role, contact our People and Culture team on email hr@svh.org.au
* Applicants must have the right to work in Australia (Australian citizen or permanent resident) to be considered eligible to apply for this position.
* This position requires a National Criminal History Check (NCHC)
* This position requires you to meet the vaccination requirements for a NSW Health Category A position, excluding COVID-19 and Influenza vaccinations. For a summary of Category A vaccination requirements, refer to Table 1 on Page 11 of this NSW Health Policy Directive.