Menu Monitor - Food and Sterilising Services

Canberra Health Services; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging with many options

Flexible working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, and on‑

Pharmacy and gift shop on site

Job summary

Canberra Health Services in The Canberra Hospital, Garran, seeks a Menu Monitor to join the Food and Sterilising Services team. You will collaborate with patients, clinical staff and nutrition teams to ensure meals meet dietary needs and preferences while delivering compassionate service.

The role is full-time and permanent with a rotating roster including mornings, evenings, weekends and public holidays, and offers salary packaging options and onsite facilities.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with patients, clinical staff and nutrition teams to ensure meals meet dietary needs and preferences.
• Be friendly, compassionate and organized, with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Rotating roster including morning, evening, weekend and public holidays shifts.

Job description

Menu Monitor - Food and Sterilising Services

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Service Officer Level 5 (PN 30491)
Salary: $69,774.00 - $72,929.00 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Infrastructure and Health Support Services
Closing Date: 16th November 2026

What can we offer you:

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role

Are you passionate about making a difference to a patient's day through exceptional service, kindness, and attention to detail?

Join our dedicated Food Services team and play an important role in supporting patient care across the hospital. As a Menu Monitor, you'll work closely with patients, clinical staff, and nutrition teams to help ensure patients receive meals that meet their dietary needs and preferences while contributing to a positive healthcare experience.

We're looking for friendly, compassionate, and organised individuals who genuinely enjoy helping others. You'll have strong communication and interpersonal skills, a high degree of self-drive and initiative, and the ability to adapt to a changing work environment. Success in this role requires excellent organisational, coordination, and planning skills, with a focus on achieving positive outcomes for patients.

The successful applicant will be available to work a rotating roster including morning, evening, weekend, and public holiday shifts. You'll join a friendly and dedicated team committed to supporting patients through compassionate service, teamwork, and a shared focus on delivering high-quality care. If you're passionate about patient wellbeing and take pride in delivering reliable, respectful, and person-centred service, we'd love to hear from you

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Complete the Food Safety Certificate

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.