Food Services Assistant - Melbourne, Australia - Western Health
Description
Location:
Melbourne | Western Metropolitan
Job type:
Casual
Organisation:
Western Health
Salary:
Salary not specified
Occupation:
Facilities Management
Reference: 45124
An exciting opportunity exists for a Food Service Assistant person to join our Health Support Services team at the
Western Health Central Production Kitchen in Altona, providing quality and nutritionally balanced meals to hospitals and councils' delivered meals program.
Reporting to the Team Leader, the successful applicant will be part of a dynamic team contributing to the achievement of the effective production and delivery of meals from the Central Food Production Kitchen to its customers.
The Food Service Assistant may be assigned to any of the sections listed below based on the skill set of the person.
Fragilization:
Staff are responsible for decanting, weighing, and marinating of ingredients based on a specific recipe, following proper food handling processes.
Transformation:
Staff are responsible for cooking dishes to a specific recipe, portioning cooked food into trays, and individual meal containers, and preparing vitamized dishes for customers on special dietary requirements while following proper food handling processes.
Assembly:
Staff are responsible for the portioning and packaging of individual meal trays on the assembly line and packaging soup pouches and individual meals into crates, and cradles.
Cleaning:
Staff are responsible for cleaning of cradles, trays and other kitchen equipment using a dishwasher and a sink. Repetitive scrubbing of soiled trays and tubs is required.
Dispatch:
Staff are responsible for picking, sortation, and distribution of finished meals to customers.
To be Successful in this Role you must:
- Be available to work from Monday
- Friday between 6:30am and 5:00pm.
- Be able to work both independently and in a team.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Have intermediate computer skills to navigate through the menu ordering software.
- Have own transport, as Public Transport is not easily accessible.
- Demonstrate a positive proactive attitude and be selfdriven.
- Be able to work under pressure and readily adapt to change.
- Have attention to detail and adhere to processes in place.
Contact Person:
Craig Menezes
Contact Number:
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About Us
Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of 'Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety' (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth.
Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals:
Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital.
We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services.
We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Worklife balance
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations.
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