Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Nutrition Hourly Rate $29.11 - $29.41 p.a. 25% Casual Loading WHA3 | Multiple Casual Vacancy Available Join SA Health's Nutrition Team - Casual Kitchen Assistant As a WHA3 Diet Kitchen Assistant, you'll be responsible for preparing and packaging therapeutic patient meals and fluids, following precise recipes, to ensure safe preparation and delivery of dietary supplements to patients with specific therapeutic requirements. Your role encompasses critical behind-the-scenes work including stock management, portion control, and maintaining the highest hygiene and safety standards in our dietary preparation areas, while collaborating closely with dietetic and catering teams. This diverse position offers variety, ensuring you'll develop comprehensive skills in therapeutic food service whilst directly contributing to patient recovery and wellbeing. About the role: Reporting to the Manager of Dietetics & Nutrition, some of your duties as the Diet Kitchen Assistant may involve: Ordering and maintaining stock levels of food and utensil items required in the dietary preparation area. Portioning, packaging and/or storing food and fluid items prepared in the dietary preparation area or supplied from the main store or outside suppliers. Preparing and labelling specialised infant formulae per instructions from the paediatric ward and/or dietitian. Participating in dietetic support staff meetings, general staff meetings and strategic planning. About you: Experience working in a food service area. Experience in the use of commercial cooking equipment in a commercial kitchen. Clear aptitude for working in a healthcare setting and with people from a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Ability to work under general direction and direct or remote supervision from Allied Health Professionals. Ability to adapt to changing needs of the workplace on a daily basis. Ability to work and communicate as part of a team. Ability to read, talk and write clearly, in English. Please see the attached Role Description for additional information. Want To Know More? Contact: Megan Satanek, Director of Nutrition & Dietetics, (08) 8204 5182, Megan.Satanek@sa.gov.au Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 24th August 2025. Attachments: 913149 Casual Diet Kitchen Assistant - Role Description.pdf Australian applicant guidelines International applicant guidelines Applicant Information: We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging. 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 and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description. 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: 913149