Cook Cummins Hospital - Casual

SA Health; Cummins; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 51,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Employee assistance program

Relocation support up to $15,000

Job summary

SA Health's Eyre and Far North Local Health Network is seeking a casual Cook for Cummins and District Memorial Hospital. You will prepare meals for patients, manage food orders, and oversee plating and service in a hospital kitchen within a close-knit regional community.

Ideal candidates have bulk-meal cooking experience, knowledge of therapeutic and texture diets, and HACCP compliance. A Food Safety Supervisor cert is preferred or willingness to obtain. Contract ends 10 July 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking bulk meals in a commercial or institutional kitchen.
• Knowledge of therapeutic diets and modified textures used in hospital settings.
• Understanding of food safety legislation and HACCP in SA Health environments.
• Ability to work independently and manage food service workflows with minimal supervision.
• Strong organisational skills and experience with stock ordering and inventory management.
• Current or eligible Food Safety Supervisor certification (or willingness to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook bulk meals meeting nutritional requirements for hospital patients.
• Manage ordering of non-imprest food supplies to keep the kitchen running smoothly.
• Oversee plating, menu selections, and day-to-day distribution of food service to standards.
• Maintain quality control across all stages of production and ensure compliance with safety protocols.

Skills

Bulk meal cooking

Dietary requirements knowledge

Food safety HACCP

Independence / self-management

Stock ordering / inventory

Food Safety Supervisor cert

Job description

• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Cummins
• Salary: WHD5: $36.14 - $36.66 per hour + 25% casual loading + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Casual positions available until 10 July 2027, working over a 7 day roster

Join Our Team as a Cook at Cummins and District Memorial Hospital

Cummins and District Memorial Hospital is a cornerstone of healthcare in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, delivering essential services to a close-knit regional community. If you take pride in producing quality meals that genuinely support patient recovery and wellbeing, this casual Cook role offers meaningful, hands-on work in a collaborative kitchen environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Preparing and cooking bulk meals that meet nutritional and dietary requirements for hospital patients
• Managing the ordering of non-imprest food supplies to keep the kitchen running smoothly
• Overseeing plating, menu selections, and the day-to-day distribution of food service to appropriate standards
• Maintaining quality control across all stages of food production, ensuring compliance with food safety and hygiene requirements

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience preparing and cooking bulk meals in a commercial or institutional kitchen
• Practical knowledge of dietary requirements, including therapeutic and modified texture diets common in acute or aged care settings
• Sound understanding of food safety legislation and HACCP principles relevant to SA Health food service environments
• Ability to work independently and manage food service workflows with minimal supervision
• Strong organisational skills, including experience with stock ordering and inventory management
• Current or eligible Food Safety Supervisor certification (or willingness to obtain)

Life at Eyre and Far North LHN

Working within the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network means being part of a team that genuinely knows its community. SA Health employees access generous salary packaging options that can meaningfully increase your take-home pay, along with employee assistance programs and the support structures of one of South Australia's largest public health employers. In a smaller regional hospital like Cummins, your contribution is visible every single day - the meals you prepare directly support patient comfort and recovery. This is a casual position, offering flexibility to suit your availability, with a contract end date of 10 July 2027.

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

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Why Join Us

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Wellbeing and counselling support: support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
• Relocation support: relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from .
• Employee recognition: supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)

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