Location: ApolloBay, VIC, Australia, 3233
* Chance for suitably qualified candidates to extend their skills in a varied, busy rural hospital
* Work for an organisation that recently won the Premiers Small Healthcare Service or the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2024
* Make a difference to the quality of life every day for our onsite residents and acute patients.
Great Ocean Road Health serves the communities of Lorne, Apollo Bay, and the Surf Coast, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare close to home. Formed in 2019 through the integration of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health, we offer a range of services across our Lorne and Apollo Bay campuses. Our goal is to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community, ensuring sustainable, robust care for the future while maintaining local services and staff levels.
About the Role
The Cook / Chef position assists in the health & wellbeing of patients/residents/staff/volunteers/visitors by providing meals that are nutritionally balanced and prepared in accordance with GORH's Food Safety Program. The aim is to provide a Montessori model of care with food distribution that improves client satisfaction, promotes client recovery and reduces waste.
The Cook / Chef is responsible for preparing, presenting, and coordinating the service of meals for patients, residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors. Under the direction of the Support Services Manager, the Cook/Chef will oversee daily operations, manage their own workload as well as that of other staff, and consistently foster a supportive and collaborative team environment.
Working at Great Ocean Road Health gives you the opportunity to assist individuals, families and groups living, working and visiting rural communities with their health care needs, making for a rewarding and satisfying experience. Our team is strong and diverse and is supported and nurtured through continuous improvement programs and opportunities for professional development and growth.
* Work Along the Iconic Great Ocean Road Join Great Ocean Road Health and experience a rewarding career in one of Australia's most breathtaking coastal destinations, serving vibrant communities along the Surf Coast and Otways
* Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
* A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
* Wide range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career
* Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
* Community Engagement - our health service encourages you to be actively involved in the community health education imitative and preventative care.
We, Great Ocean Road Health, acknowledge our offices are built on unceded lands of the Gadubanud People of the Mear Nation. We pay our respects to all First Nations Peoples and will continue to strengthen the complex knowledge systems of health and healing that intertwine the landscape and communities we live and work in. Great Ocean Road Heath is committed to improving health outcome and pathways for First Nations People and ensuring a culturally safe environment.
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