Hospital Assistant

Mercy Health Australia; Albury City; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health Albury is seeking a casual Food Service Assistant to provide meals to patients, ensuring safe handling and adherence to HACCP and hospital policies while supporting patient care within a hospital setting.

You will join a multidisciplinary team and contribute to a responsive, reliable food service with rotating shifts, including weekends and public holidays. This role offers stability within a for-purpose organisation and opportunities to grow your impact.

Qualifications

• Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills.
• Compassionate, flexible and positive approach to patient care.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, quality-focused food services to patients within Mercy Health Albury, ensuring meals are prepared, served, and handled safely while supporting patient care and wellbeing in line with food safety, infection control, and organisational standards.
• Assist with basic food preparation, meal service, and cleaning duties, ensuring compliance with HACCP, NSW Food Authority guidelines, and hospital policies while maintaining a clean, safe, and functional kitchen environment.
• Work as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a responsive, reliable, and flexible food service, including participation in rotating shifts, weekends, and public holidays, to support continuous hospital operations and patient needs.

Skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Compassionate mindset

Team collaboration

Job description

Employment Type: Casual
Salary: $31.43 + Casual Loading, Allowances and Superannuation
Location: Mercy Health (Hospital)
Contact: Fiona Hogg, [e-mail]
Where there's life, there's Mercy.
Where there's care, there's You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

• Provide efficient, quality focused food services to patients within Mercy Health Albury, ensuring meals are prepared, served, and handled safely while supporting patient care and wellbeing in line with food safety, infection control, and organisational standards.
• Assist with basic food preparation, meal service, and cleaning duties, ensuring compliance with HACCP, NSW Food Authority guidelines, and hospital policies while maintaining a clean, safe, and functional kitchen environment.
• Work as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a responsive, reliable, and flexible food service, including participation in rotating shifts, weekends, and public holidays, to support continuous hospital operations and patient needs.

What you'll bring:

You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

Are you ready to apply for this role?

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.