Job Requisition ID: 1906
Legal Entity: Monash Health
Location:
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
Employment Type: Casual
Posting Date: 17 Sept 2024
Monash Health is a great place to work
Monash Health is Victoria's largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.
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About the Role
Monash Health is seeking enthusiastic and detail-oriented individuals to join our team as casual Food Services Assistants. This is an opportunity to work across multiple sites, including Monash Health's brand new residential aged care facility. This role is vital in ensuring that our food preparation and consumption areas meet the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene. Additionally, you will play a key role in preparing and delivering meals to our patients, contributing directly to their care and comfort. As a Food Services Assistant you must maintain a high standard of food hygiene in accordance with cleaning schedules.
A Day in the Life
As an FSA, you will be required to complete multiple tasks during a shift, these will vary according to different sites. A typical day for an FSA would include:
* Prepare breakfast and morning tea
* Prepare ingredients for cooking
* Deliver food trolley to wards and deliver meals to patients
* Collect food trays and deliver back to kitchen
* Strip, sort, sanitise and clean all trays, cutlery and utensils
* Load and operate dishwashers
* Ensure proper detergents and cleansers are used, maintaining safe work practices
* Clean cooking equipment and utensils
Our Journey
Monash Health is Victoria's largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage.
With 24,000 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people's homes. At Monash Health, our Support Services team plays a crucial role in both clinical and non-clinical areas, ensuring the smooth operation of our healthcare facilities. Our team members work across various departments, providing essential services that directly impact patient care and overall hospital efficiency.
About You
As a Food Services Assistant at Monash Health, you will be required to have;
* A competent level of verbal & written communication skills
* A high standard of demonstrated experience in customer service from a health care or hospitality environment
* The capability to prioritise work within established routines, methods and procedures
* The ability to work with a cohesive team or individually to complete daily tasks
* The ability to undertake physical work including lifting, carrying and manual handling throughout the site
* The ability to demonstrate safe work practices
* The ability to work autonomously and with minimal supervision.
* The ability to work in both residential and hospital setting
What you need:
* Safe Food Handling certificate
* NDIS worker screening check (desirable)
* Employee Working With Children check
In Return
* We will provide you with supernumerary (buddy) shifts to ensure you are supported in your role
* Work across various sites for a change in environment
* Choose the shifts that suit your needs and lifestyle
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call MHB Recruitment on or email Alex Bobby at
For the FSA Position Description, please click here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the 'Application Guide'
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 22 September, 2025