AddressFlexible working arrangements for casual, permanent-part time positions
and opportunities for full-time positions
Closing Date: Sunday 17 March 2024
Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 18 March 2024
About us
Western District Health Service is a leading Sub-Regional referral centre providing a comprehensive range acute inpatient services, residential aged care and primary and community health services.
The Greater Hamilton region is rich with lifestyle opportunities and facilities. Working for WDHS will enable you to pursue your profession, build your career and enjoy a great work/life balance. With the Grampians National Park and stunning beaches on your doorstep in Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland with wineries dotted in-between, a better lifestyle is waiting for you!
You will work alongside experienced, passionate leadership peers who are true to our values of Integrity, Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Empathy.
About the role
Coleraine Food Services staff
Do you have a passion and desire to commence or stay in the food or hospitality industry?
WDHS is seeking applicants who are enthusiastic, have a passion for the food or health industry, take pride in the work they complete and enjoy working in a team environment. The WDHS food services team at Coleraine District Health Service can offer a supportive working environment with excellent professional development and career pathways. We have a supportive culture for staff health and wellbeing, and WDHS staff have access to generous salary packaging opportunities.
The WDHS Food Services team provides food and beverages for our aged care residents and acute patients. The team also provides support for the provision of food and beverages for visitors and staff in our Green Bean Café, vending and catering services. Our hospitality team strives for excellence ensuring WDHS produces quality and nutritious food for our residents & patients and provides healthy, quality food to our staff and visitors.
You will be responsible for providing excellent customer service, basic cooking, food, vegetable and sandwich preparation, meal service and meal presentation, general cleaning, kitchen hand duties, and meal delivery and collection. The Food and Domestic Services Assistant reports directly to our Coleraine Facility Supervisor of Support Services.
The WDHS food service team is recognised as a health industry leader, producing innovative, quality, healthy and well-balanced meals.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing, excellent customer service, basic food preparation and cooking, general cleaning, kitchen hand duties and maintaining high food safety standards.
This position also includes working in clinical and non-clinical areas of the Coleraine Campus and prospective applicants must be flexible in their availability to work shifts across seven days a week and should appreciate that this is a physically demanding position.
The successful candidate must have or obtain a National Criminal Police Check. Depending on the role, a Working with Children Check Clearance, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check, and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check may also be required. All employees must comply with WDHS vaccination requirements, including COVID and Booster shots. WDHS is a smoke-free workplace.
At WDHS we are proud to be smoke free.
Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that has a commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, their families and communities and encourages them to apply. This organisation promotes the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally, linguistically diverse and aboriginal backgrounds and those with a disability.
