Food Service Team Leader

Taking care of people is our reason for being  
At Sydney Adventist Hospital (SAH), fondly known as the San, taking care of people is our reason for being. It’s what drives us to deliver exceptional outcomes for our patients and it’s a shared sense of purpose that extends to everyone who works here too. When you work for the San, you’ll feel valued and supported by our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation.  

Some of the exceptional employee benefits we offer are     

• Let us help you with your cost-of-living pressures - as a not-for-profit organisation, our team members have access to numerous salary packaging benefits that provide tax savings, to increase your take home pay. These include: $9,010 (NFP salary packaging), $2,650 (NFP meal, entertainment & venue benefit card), novated car leasing and numerous monthly offers & discounts across retail outlets, cinema’s & restaurants
• Up to 14 weeks paid parental leave
• Beautiful, leafy campus with ample discounted car parking
• Discounted gym membership for you and your family, using Fitness Passport and access to our ELIA Wellness Program    
• Initial One-on-one training provided to help you succeed in the role along with food safety handling training
• Exciting project work opportunities in a time of rapid growth

We have many other benefits as well, to see a complete list of all our other Employee benefits and discounts, visit Working with Us - Why you'll love it  

What you’ll be doing in this role 
We are looking for a full time or part time friendly, innovative and motivating Team Leader/ Supervisor to assist lead the team at the Sydney Adventist Hospital in our Food Services department.

Reporting to our dynamic, passionate and supportive Food Services and Nutrition & Dietetics Manager, our Team Leaders include supervision and support of all kitchen staff members both front and back of house duties and generally assisting the Department to deliver a smooth and consistent service to our patients and community.

Your key responsibilities will include: 

• Work closely with Management, Dietitians, Chefs, Cooks and Kitchen Assistants within the kitchen to provide quality and appetising meals to patients, community and hospital staff (through SanCafe) and Doctors
• Contribute to a dynamic team through a positive outlook, exceptional communication skills, high energy and motivation and foster a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Lead be example by providing, consistent outstanding customer service to various stakeholders within the San along with vendors and suppliers and actively contributing to a culture of comradery and teamwork along to a culture of continuous quality improvement
• Lead and drive key projects and focus areas to ensure we meet target dates and deadlines
• Social media marketing on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms

Who we are looking for

• Knowledge, skills and previous experience in supervising or leading staff in the hospitality industry in both back of house
• Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, restaurant or other medium to large hospitality environment
• Be a positive influencer, self-motivated to providing outstanding leadership & customer service skills by taking a lead and mentor role by training and developing employees 
• Exceptional communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience considerately & professionally communicating with both internal and external patients and customer groups
• Ability to train and develop others to achieve overall success and goals
• Conflict resolution and problem solving skills
• Great attention to detail to ensure a high standard of work produced
• Knowledge of food safety and HACCP guidelines and healthcare requirements with excellent awareness of food safety, hygiene, WHS & manual handing standards
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise workload to meet sometimes tight time schedules when required
• Be an innovative thinker, along with keeping up with industry trends to attract clientele

If you genuinely want to make a positive difference by leading and positively influencing our Food Services department, we would love to have you join our team.

About Adventist Healthcare
We are NSW’s largest and most comprehensive private hospital (700+ beds) with a dedicated team of 2400 team members, over 1000 medical officers and 300 volunteers. As a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare organisation advancing healthcare since 1903, we have a proud history of delivering outstanding care and we are at the forefront of our field with best in-class technology and game-changing research.

What to expect
Please know that employment with Adventist Healthcare requires:

• A National Police Check
• Two professional working reference checks
• Other pre-employment screenings as required

How to apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply’ button, applications will be reviewed and progressed as they are received.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a range of pre-employment checks which may include a background police check, references, Working rights, ID checks and vaccination evidence.

If you’d like to chat with one of our team members about this role, then please contact Chantal Roper, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist on *******@sah.org.au No applications received via email will be accepted.

Please note: Sydney Adventist Hospital does not accept unsolicited emails with CV’s from recruitment agencies.