Nutrition Assistant

St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba; Sydney; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Not-for-profit perks

Salary packaging

Postgrad pathways

Job summary

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney is seeking a highly motivated Nutrition Assistant to join the Nutrition Services team at Sydney Private Hospital Sydney. The position offers a casual opportunity to support patients with meals and participate in bedside menu service, delivering high-quality nutrition-based care.

You will collaborate with dietitians and food service staff, demonstrating strong communication and computer skills while focusing on patient interaction and menu selections.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics) or Certificate III Health Service Assistant (Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Availability and flexibility
• Sound knowledge of nutrition and therapeutic diets
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and customer relations skills and experience
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team and independently
• Strong computer and administrative skills

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional support to patients by assisting patients with their meal selections according to their dietary, social and physical needs through the co-ordination of menus and meals using a computerised Bedside Menu Service
• Customer Service is delivered through a high standard of menu and meal service to ensure patient satisfaction
• Co-ordinate all patient food and beverage requirements from the patient care level to Food Services
• Encourage and promote communication between dietitians, food service staff and nursing staff on patient care levels to ensure patients’ needs are met
• Works collaboratively both within and outside the team and takes ownership of delivering accurate and timely results
• Manages own work load to deliver results which ensures department as a whole is productive and efficient

Skills

Nutrition knowledge

Communication skills

Team player

Computer skills

Cbord Food Service System

Education

Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics)

Tools

Cbord Food Service System

Job description

Job Description:

Role title: Nutrition Assistant

Role type: Casual

Shift details: Roster - Monday to Sunday

Department and location: Nutritional Services, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney

Salary: $36.44 plus casual loading 25% and Super

Welcome to St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney, Sydney’s premier inner-city private hospital

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded in 1857 by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As a world-class tertiary facility, we are at the forefront of medical innovation, featuring high-acuity interventional suites, next-gen surgical robotics for complex specialties, and cutting-edge oncology backed by the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre. Here, you will work alongside global leaders and access funded postgraduate pathways to accelerate your career.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

The role:

We are seeking a highly motivated Nutrition Assistant to join our Nutrition Services team at Sydney Private Hospital Sydney.

We currently have a casual opportunity for a Nutrition Assistant to deliver outstanding customer service and interpersonal skills to provide a high quality menu and nutrition based service to our patients. The position requires a strong focus on patient interaction and menu selection via our patient bedside menu service.

• Provide nutritional support to patients by assisting patients with their meal selections according to their dietary, social and physical needs through the co-ordination of menus and meals using a computerised Bedside Menu Service
• Customer Service is delivered through a high standard of menu and meal service to ensure patient satisfaction
• Co-ordinate all patient food and beverage requirements from the patient care level to Food Services
• Encourage and promote communication between dietitians, food service staff and nursing staff on patient care levels to ensure patients’ needs are met
• Works collaboratively both within and outside the team and takes ownership of delivering accurate and timely results
• Manages own work load to deliver results which ensures department as a whole is productive and efficient

About you:

• Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics) or Certificate III Health Service Assistant (Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Availability and flexibility
• Sound knowledge of nutrition and therapeutic diets
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and customer relations skills and experience
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team and independently
• Strong computer and administrative skills

Previous experience as a Nutrition Assistant or Diet Aide and experience using the Cbord Food Service System is highly desirable.

The position is based on shift work and requires you to be flexible; including being available to work weekends and extra shifts where required by the department. The hours of work are not specific, however a roster will be provided 2 weeks in advance.

What we can offer you at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney

• Exceptional Rewards: Highly competitive base pay, plus exclusive not-for-profit salary packaging perks. Enjoy pre-tax savings on up to $15,900 for everyday living costs (mortgage, rent, bills) plus $2,650 for dining out and entertainment annually
• An Amazing Workplace: 84% of staff recommend our hospital as a great place to work (2026 Engagement Survey)
• For-Purpose Impact: Be part of a not-for-profit where surplus is reinvested into research & community care
• World-Class: Collaborate with global leaders across more than 100 medical specialties and 60 service areas
• Surgical Innovation: Work with eminent surgeons using next-gen robotics in cardiac, neuro & orthopaedic
• Premium Care: Deliver deeply personalised, patient-centred care in a 100% private-room en-suite facility
• Safe Staffing: Work with peace of mind under an historic EA delivering mandated nurse-to-patient ratios
• Professional Growth: Accelerate your career with clinical education programs & funded postgrad pathways
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s private hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A state-of-the art hospital in a beautiful inner-city location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Groundbreaking technologies, including world-first robotic-assisted surgeries
• Highly specialized services in orthopaedics, heart and lung, head and neck, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, upper GI/hepatobiliary surgery, ENT, colorectal surgery, gynaecology, neurology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cancer services, and mental health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Closing Date:

16 October 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at ***************@svha.org.au