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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Port Lincoln Hospital 
• Salary:  WHD-4 $1,376.70 - $1,404.20 per week + 12% Superannuation + Leave Loading and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Permanent Full-Time position, working over a 7 day roster

Overview

Port Lincoln Hospital serves one of South Australia's most distinctive regional communities, and the people who keep it running behind the scenes are just as important as those at the bedside. If you take pride in leading a team that delivers safe, high-quality food, cleaning, and linen services to patients every day, this is a role worth your attention.

What You'll Be Leading

As Catering Team Leader, you'll oversee the daily production and distribution of food services across the hospital, ensuring meals meet nutritional, safety, and presentation standards. Alongside food service, you'll coordinate cleaning, linen, and laundry operations - guiding your team to deliver consistently high results in each area. Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Supervising food production and distribution workflows to meet patient and operational requirements
• Coordinating and supporting team members across catering, cleaning, and linen services
• Monitoring service delivery against relevant standards and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Acting as a point of guidance for staff, fostering a positive and accountable team environment

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience in a catering, hospitality, or food service environment
• Proven ability to lead, coordinate, and support a frontline team
• Sound knowledge of food safety practices and hygiene standards
• Experience managing or contributing to cleaning or linen services (desirable but not essential)
• Clear communication skills and the ability to guide staff through daily operations
• Current understanding of, or willingness to complete, relevant SA Health compliance requirements

Ready to Apply?

Submit your application through the SA Health careers portal. Include an up-to-date resume and a brief cover letter addressing your experience in team leadership and food or hospitality services. For a confidential conversation about the role, contact the hiring manager via the details listed in the portal.

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.

Why Join Us

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
• Wellbeing and counselling support: support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
• Relocation support: relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Employee recognition: supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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 have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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 - 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.

For more information about the role please refer to the role description provided below. Job Ref: 950237

Enquiries

Taia Mullan
Position: General Services Manager
Phone: 76691215
E-mail: taia.mullan@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 25 September 2026 - 11:55PM

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

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

 950237 - WHD4 - Catering Team Leader - Port Lincoln - Role Description.pdf