Catering Services Manager

Lady Davidson Private Hospital; Ku-ring-gai; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Supportive management

Job summary

Lady Davidson Private Hospital in North Turramurra, NSW, is seeking a Catering Services Manager to lead the hospital's catering department. This role offers a supportive atmosphere, opportunities for education, and a focus on work‑life balance within a well‑established rehabilitation facility.

The position emphasizes managing people and budgets, upholding high service standards, maintaining contracts, and ensuring safe, compliant healthcare catering across inpatient and day programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing people and budgets within a healthcare hospitality setting.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and HACCP compliance.
• Experience with accreditation processes and workplace auditing in healthcare hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Managing people and budgets, building high functioning teams.
• Ensuring high service standards are maintained.
• Retaining contracts and establishing ongoing sound business relationships with key stakeholders, clients and colleagues.
• Extensive experience in purchasing, rostering, online ordering, event catering and all other aspects of onsite management and reporting systems.
• Experienced cook fresh systems and dealing with all aspects of kitchen management, infection control, housekeeping and administration, as well as hands on catering.
• Sound knowledge of accreditation standards and workplace auditing for healthcare hospitality facilities.
• Have consistently achieved 'A' ratings in internal and external audits and exceeded industry compliance standards in all roles.
• Food Authority Audit process and experience plus past success
• Implement Food Safety Program
• Liaise with management and facility staff
• Lead, supervise, coach and develop team members to deliver exceptional service
• Qualified Chef with extensive experience managing the delivery of effective and efficient catering services to healthcare hospitality facilities
• Skilled in implementing initiatives to improve patient satisfaction including textured-modified foods, staff safety awareness and knowledge of PEAL program
• Good working knowledge and understanding of HACCP regulations
• Highly organised, efficient and effective
• Prior experience in a healthcare setting or hospitality would be an advantage

Skills

People management

Budget management

Food safety HACCP

Job description

Are you a looking for a career that rewards your skills and offers a flexible working environment?

• Supportive Management
• Free onsite parking

About the role:

An opportunity exists for a Catering Services Manager to join our well established and highly reputable Catering Department. We offer a supportive atmosphere, with an extensive education program so you get to work in a role that offers you work-life balance.

About us:

Lady Davidson Private Hospital is one of the largest private dedicated rehabilitation hospitals in Australia. As an ACHS accredited 115 bed rehabilitation facility based in North Turramurra you will be working in a team passionate about delivering patient care. We are specialists in orthopaedics, cancer/oncology and neuro-spinal rehabilitation, providing both inpatient and day programs.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing people and budgets, building high functioning teams
• Ensuring high service standards are maintained
• Retaining contracts and establishing ongoing sound business relationships with key stakeholders, clients and colleagues
• Extensive experience in purchasing, rostering, online ordering, event catering and all other aspects of onsite management and reporting systems.
• Experienced cook fresh systems and dealing with all aspects of kitchen management, infection control, housekeeping and administration, as well as hands on catering
• Sound knowledge of accreditation standards and workplace auditing for healthcare hospitality facilities
• Have consistently achieved "A" ratings in internal and external audits and exceeded industry compliance standards in all roles.
• Food Authority Audit process and experience plus past success
• Implement Food Safety Program
• Liaise with management and facility staff
• Lead, supervise, coach and develop team members to deliver exceptional service
• Qualified Chef with extensive experience managing the delivery of effective and efficient catering services to healthcare hospitality facilities
• Skilled in implementing initiatives to improve patient satisfaction including textured-modified foods, staff safety awareness and knowledge of PEAL program
• Good working knowledge and understanding of HACCP regulations
• Highly organised, efficient and effective
• Prior experience in a healthcare setting or hospitality would be an advantage

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

You'll also benefit from:

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network
• Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only)
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other, share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together.

Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

Applications close: 22nd October 2026

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. We are also committed to child safety. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.