Chef- Food Services

Job Description:
Chef- Food Services
We are seeking an experienced chef 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.
Over the next 12months we are looking to take the patient food offering to the next level, build a team to do what we do better, revise the patient menu, find new products and give the best service possible. Come join us on this journey.
About the Candidate:
Yours Skills and Experience:
High level of commitment to the philosophy, mission, values and ethics of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries and SVHA.
Ability to interpret and follow recipes and prepare a high volume of meals in a timely manner
Thorough understanding and ability to participate in Food Safety & WH&S programs.
Ability to assist in the design and testing of recipes
A high degree of personal hygiene and safe food practices
Ability to follow a schedule and work efficiently, with the ability to take on and allocate additional work as required
Experience working in a structured kitchen environment
Good understanding of daily production processes to ensure food forecasted is matched to food required
Competency working in various areas of the kitchen
Effective time management skills and capable of a high standard of unsupervised work
Other essential requirements include:
Minimum 2 years Food Production, processing, cooking experience in kitchen production unit.
Commercial Cookery Certificate III
Sound understanding of Food Safety/HACCP and all policies contained within
Our benefits:
Salary packaging of up to $15,900 per FBT year (pay less tax and increase your take home pay), with increased benefits for full-time employees such as reduction to rent or mortgage payments, vehicle leasing and a meal entertainment card up to $2,600 a year
Attractive wellbeing discounts including gym memberships through Fitness Passport, private health insurance and our on-site pharmacy
Generous reward and recognition program
Options to purchase additional leave in support of work life balance
Convenient location close to cafes, restaurants and public transport
Opportunity to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good
You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.
The Company:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney is one of Australia’s leading private hospitals, located in Darlinghurst. Our team of expert surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals deliver outstanding care, surgery and rehabilitation across a range of highly specialised surgical and medical services supported by several distinguished research institutes.
Our requirements:
Criminal record and child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria.
SVPHS has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including COVID-19 and flu vaccinations).
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We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, and the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.
St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au.
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Contact Details: Head Chef Sampath Shetty via sampath.shetty@svha.org.au
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Closing Date: 23 February 2024 11:59pm
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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