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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Kimba MPS
• Salary: $1,185.50 - $1,199.50 per week - Ongoing Full Time (5 day roster) - WHA6

Key Responsibilities:

• Food Service Management: Ensure the production and distribution of food services is carried out in compliance with health and safety standards, delivering meals of the highest quality to meet dietary and cultural needs.
• Team Coordination: Lead, guide, and assist staff in providing efficient cleaning, linen, and laundry services, ensuring these services meet the required standards.
• Supervision & Training: Allocate tasks, inspect work, and manage staff to ensure quality and timeliness. Provide on-the-job training and ensure adherence to workplace procedures and safe work practices.
• Cook Duties: On occasion, you may be required to perform duties as a Cook, ensuring meal preparation follows safe food handling and storage procedures.
• Roster Management: Maintain and manage staff rosters, ensuring adequate staffing levels for all shifts, and address any operational issues related to scheduling.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure that all work practices comply with relevant safety legislation, including food storage, cleaning procedures, and workplace health and safety guidelines.

What We’re Looking For:

• You will have trade qualifications or equivalent skills as a Cook, with significant experience in catering and food preparation in a healthcare setting.
• Proven experience in supervising and guiding a team, with the ability to delegate, inspect work, and ensure work is completed to a high standard.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other team members and staff from various departments and backgrounds.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to relate to people from different cultures and backgrounds, and provide guidance to staff.
• Experience managing rosters, deadlines, and competing priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to use your initiative and sound judgment in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the catering and utility services team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other computer programs for roster management, reporting, and administrative tasks.
• Familiarity with safe working conditions, food handling and storage, and cleaning procedures. Understanding of special dietary requirements and nutrition.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, including risk management, health and safety standards, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Occupational Health, Safety, and Welfare guidelines.

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.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

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 - Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances) 

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 886274

Enquiries

Kylie Hass
EO/DON
Phone: 8627 2400
E-mail: kylie.hass@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Thursday 26 December 2024, 11:55PM

Attachments

886274 Catering and Utility Team Leader - Role Description.pdf

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