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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Salary: $1249.25 - $1261.79 per week plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – WHA5
• Temporary Full-Time, up to 12 months

About the Role:

A fantastic opportunity awaits at the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network for a passionate Trade Chef to join our vibrant Food Services Department. If you’re driven by quality, creativity and the satisfaction of nourishing others, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact every day.

As part of our dedicated team, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality meals to patients, staff and visitors. You’ll be responsible for daily food production across patient menus, the Café and special functions, ensuring every dish meets our standards for taste, presentation and nutrition. Working collaboratively with Food Services colleagues and hospital staff, you’ll uphold food safety, stock security and operational procedures while maintaining a clean, safe and efficient kitchen environment.

To be eligible for this position, you must have an AQF Certificate lll in Commercial Cookery with at least 560 hours satisfactory in-service experience.

About You:

In this role you will bring strong technical capability, including the ability to set up, program and operate complex kitchen machinery and computerised systems. Your organisational skills allow you to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and manage detailed production schedules with confidence. You can interpret and implement catering guidelines, recipes and procedures with precision, ensuring consistency and quality across all services. With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you work effectively with colleagues at all levels, maintain confidentiality and engage respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds. Your recent experience in a commercial food service environment, combined with your ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensures you thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑volume setting.

If you’re ready to bring your culinary expertise to a team that values quality, teamwork and exceptional service, apply now and step into a role where your skills truly make a difference and help shape an outstanding food experience for our community.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

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: 930768

Enquiries:

Hayley Mazzacano

A/Kitchen Operations Manager

Phone: (08) 8182 9152

E-mail: hayley.mazzacano@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

20 March 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 930768 - Trade Chef - Food Services - WHA5 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.