Chef - The Wesley Hospital

UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families; Brisbane; Vor Ort; AUD 42.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane is seeking a Chef in our Food Services team to deliver upmarket hospital cuisine, support executive functions and work in a hotel-style room service kitchen.

Required: Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and at least two years post-apprenticeship experience. You will rotate through kitchen sections, uphold food safety, HACCP and PPE requirements, and be willing to obtain recommended vaccinations.

Qualifikationen

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery is required.
• Two years post-apprenticeship chef experience or equivalent.

Aufgaben

• Be part of the Food Services culinary team delivering upmarket hospital cuisine.
• Cater for executive functions and events in a hotel-style room service kitchen.
• Rotate within main production kitchen sections and maintain high standards of food safety.

Kenntnisse

Food safety

HACCP knowledge

Professional attitude

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

Jobbeschreibung

1d ago , from UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families

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
• 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: SalaryPackagingExplained

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 opportunitiesto 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 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.

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.