Chef

UnitingCare Health; Gympie Regional; On-site; AUD 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Discount platform for retailers

Parental leave 12 weeks

Diversity & inclusion leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

BlueCare is seeking a Chef (or highly experienced Cook) at the Gympie Aged Care Facility to deliver high-quality meals in line with dietary needs and food safety standards. The role focuses on balanced menus, presentation, and compliance with procedures, while enabling work-life balance in a growing industry.

The successful candidate will have trade qualifications, strong communication, and a keen eye for dietary requirements affecting residents.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in safe food preparation, storage and delivery.
• Clear understanding of WHS.
• Great communication skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Understanding of Australian food and beverage standards.
• Confidence to satisfy relevant probity checks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and serve food in adherence with dietary requirements with a strong focus on food safety standards.
• Support senior hospitality staff with menu design and implementation.
• Promote quality standards and maintain service with standard operating procedures.

Skills

Food safety

WHS knowledge

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Food & beverage standards

Education

Trade qualifications or equivalent

Job description

BlueCare | Chef | Gympie Aged Care Facility

Employment Term:Permanent Full Time

Location:Gympie Aged Care Facility

Remuneration:$31.44 per hour + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

We’re looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others -through small moments that leave big impacts.

About the role:

This is a great opportunity for a Chef or highly experienced Cook aiming to restore their work life balance and gain employment in one of Australia’s fastest growing industries with the following tasks:

Prepare, cook and serve food in adherence with dietary requirements with a strong focus on food safety standards.

Support senior hospitality staff members with menu design and implementation,

Promote quality standards and maintain service with standard operating procedures.

Role requirements:

As a Chef, you’ll take pride in your presentation, be knowledgeable in relation to nutrition and have a keen interest on the impact of dietary requirements on our aged residents.

You will have proven experience in safe food preparation, storage and delivery, a clear understanding of WHS, be confident in medium-high volume meal preparation and demonstrate the following:

Relevant trade qualifications or equivalent skills from previous experience

Great communication skills and excellent attention to detail

Understanding of Australian food and beverage standards

Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple–everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email **************@ucareqld.com.au

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.