Chef - The Wesley Hospital

Family and Disability Services; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 46,000 - 49,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Casual loading

Superannuation

Salary packaging (NFP)

Job summary

The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane is actively seeking Casual Chefs to join our Food Services team. You will work in a hospital kitchen, providing upmarket catering for executive events and routine meals, with competitive hourly rates and not-for-profit salary packaging options.

Remuneration starts at AUD 33.34 per hour and goes to AUD 35.85 per hour, plus casual loading, superannuation, and an NFP salary packaging value of up to AUD 15,900 per year, plus penalties/allowances.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery required or equivalent
• Excellent time management skills
• Previous Chef experience in hospitality
• Flexibility to rotate within main production kitchen sections
• Professional attitude with presentation
• Proficiency in all aspects of food safety
• Knowledge of HACCP principles and PPE requirements
• Willingness to obtain required vaccinations per infection control requirements

Responsibilities

• Produce upmarket cuisine for executive events and daily functions
• Work in a hotel-style room service kitchen operation
• Apply transferable hospitality skills to healthcare catering
• Opportunity to be recognised by the Institute of Hospitality in Healthcare

Skills

Time management

Chef experience

Flexibility

Food safety

HACCP

Vaccinations

Education

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

Job description

Casual Chef positions available

Employment Type: Casual Opportunities

Remuneration: $33.34 -$35.85 p/h + Casual Loading + Super + $15,900 NFP Salary Packaging Value + Penalties/Allowances

Location: The Wesley Hospital - Auchenflower

Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital

The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia's iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals. From the heart of Brisbane, more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life's journey making a meaningful difference in the lives of generations of Queenslanders. We offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women's and children's care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.

An integral part of our team, as a Chef in Food Services, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in The Wesley Hospital team

Working as a Chef in our Food Services culinary team you will:

• Be provided with opportunities for culinary growth
• Produce upmarket cuisine by catering for executive functions and events
• Work in a hotel style room service kitchen operation
• Be able to apply your transferrable skillset from hospitality to the security of a career in the Healthcare sector
• Have the opportunity to be a recognised member of the Institute of Hospitality in Healthcare

Casual contracts will be offered however hours usually available from 16 hours per week with regular opportunities to increase hours for those who wish to do so.

What makes a difference for us?

Be part of our qualified chef brigade producing up to 1400 meals per day.

Using your communication skills, you'll work effectively with your team and demonstrate:

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery minimum of two years post-apprenticeship experience or equivalent
• Excellent time management skills
• Previous Chef experience working the hospitality sector; restaurants, food outlets, cafes
• Flexibility to rotate within the main production kitchen sections
• A professional attitude with excellent personal presentation
• Be proficient in all aspects of food safety
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HACCP principles and PPE requirements
• Willingness to obtain required vaccinations in line with hospitals infection control requirements

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: 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. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• 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 opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. 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 and 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 is welcome 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