Cook - Operational Services

Metro South Health; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Princess Alexandra Hospital Food Services team is seeking a qualified cook to prepare, deliver and present nutritious meals for patients and staff. You will work within production schedules, align with patient dietary requirements, and help maintain efficient kitchen operations in a busy hospital environment.

You will apply HACCP and ISO 22000 knowledge, supervise staff where needed, and contribute to continuous improvement while ensuring food safety and high-quality service across all meals.

Qualifications

• Trade-qualified Chef with knowledge of HACCP, ISO 22000, Cook Chill and Sous Vide.
• Strong understanding of food safety, hygiene, kitchen procedures and safe equipment use.
• Ability to provide direction to staff, organise work priorities and contribute to an effective team environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork and customer-focused skills with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, produce and present quality meals in line with production schedules and patient dietary requirements.
• Assist with staff training, provide direction and help maintain efficient kitchen operations.
• Support stock rotation, ordering, receiving and effective use of food supplies.
• Contribute to quality improvement, workplace safety and excellent patient-focused food services.

Skills

HACCP knowledge

ISO 22000 knowledge

Cook Chill

Sous Vide

Teamwork

Food safety

Education

Trade qualification in Commercial Cookery

Job description

Be Part of a Team That Makes a Difference

Join the Food Services team at Princess Alexandra Hospital and play an important role in preparing safe, nutritious and high-quality meals for patients and staff. Bring your cooking expertise, food safety knowledge and teamwork skills to a supportive hospital environment where your work makes a difference every day.

About This Role

Your new role:

Role

• Prepare, produce and present quality meals in line with production schedules and patient dietary requirements.
• Assist with staff training, provide direction and help maintain efficient kitchen operations.
• Support stock rotation, ordering, receiving and effective use of food supplies.
• Contribute to quality improvement, workplace safety and excellent patient-focused food services.

About You

You are a qualified and motivated cook who takes pride in preparing safe, nutritious and high-quality meals. You work well in a busy team environment, can confidently prioritise tasks and are comfortable taking responsibility when required. you will have:

• Trade-qualified Chef with knowledge of HACCP, ISO 22000, Cook Chill and Sous Vide.
• Strong understanding of food safety, hygiene, kitchen procedures and safe equipment use.
• Ability to provide direction to staff, organise work priorities and contribute to an effective team environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork and customer-focused skills with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.