Chef

Medical Jobs Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 47,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Salary packaging benefits

Not-for-profit employer

Job summary

St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney is seeking an experienced Chef to join the production kitchen, delivering patient meals with high quality and efficiency. The role reports to the kitchen supervisor and collaborates with a large team in a busy, safety-conscious environment.

You will work in a cook‑fresh facility producing thousands of meals monthly, with opportunities to contribute to recipe design and menu enhancements while upholding hygiene and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years Food Production, processing, cooking experience in kitchen production unit.
• Sound understanding of Food Safety-HACCP and all policies contained within.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high levels of professional standards in servicing patients across St Vincent's Darlinghurst Campus.
• Prepare high-volume meals in a timely manner and follow recipes accurately.

Skills

Food production experience

HACCP knowledge

Education

Commercial Cookery Certificate III

Job description

MedicalJobsAustralia.com Job Description: Role title: Chef Role type: Casual Shift details: 5:30 AM to 6:30 PM Department and location: Food Production, St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney Salary: $34.51 per hour + 25% casual loading + Super

Welcome to St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, Sydney's premier inner-city private hospital. Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots. Founded in 1857 by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As a world-class tertiary facility, we are at the forefront of medical innovation, featuring high-acuity interventional suites, next-gen surgical robotics for complex specialties, and cutting-edge oncology backed by the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre. Here, you will work alongside global leaders and access funded postgraduate pathways to accelerate your career. Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep. Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

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 you

• 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 You 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

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Highly competitive base pay, plus exclusive not-for-profit salary packaging perks.
• Enjoy pre-tax savings on up to $15,900 for everyday living costs (mortgage, rent, bills) plus $2,650 for dining out and entertainment annually.
• For-Purpose Impact: Be part of a not-for-profit where surplus is reinvested into research & community care.
• World-Class: Collaborate with global leaders across more than 100 medical specialties and 60 service areas.
• Surgical Innovation: Work with eminent surgeons using next-gen robotics in cardiac, neuro & orthopaedic.
• Premium Care: Deliver deeply personalised, patient-centred care in a 100% private-room en-suite facility.
• Safe Staffing: Work with peace of mind under an historic EA delivering mandated nurse-to-patient ratios.
• Professional Growth: Accelerate your career with clinical education programs & funded postgrad pathways.
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations.
• Sponsorship - work rights for Australia

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

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. For further information, visit https:--www.svha.org.au-about-us-reconciliation or get in contact at View Reconciliation Action Plan Code of Conduct: View Code of Conduct