Regional Roving Chef

Eldercare has two exciting vacancies for a week day and a weekend Regional Roving Chef to work across our metropolitan sites!

Regional Roving Chef

• Working across Eldercare’s 11 Adelaide Metro Residential Aged Care Sites
• A key role that ensures our Residents receive home-cooked meals at a high standard
• Travel allowance +  salary sacrificing

 Week Day Roving Chef 

• 38 hours 
• Monday to Friday
• 0700-1500

Weekend Roving Chef

• 30 hours
• Friday to Monday
• 0700-1500 
• Weekend Penalties 

 As a Regional Roving Chef you are crucial for ensuring our Hospitality Services run smoothly. The Regional Roving Chefs are allocated to work at the Eldercare site that needs their skills on that day, this is often to cover planned/unplanned leave or provide extra assistance when required. You will hear from our centralised Roster Team each week to establish where you are needed for your upcoming shifts. 

On site you will be responsible for the preparation of our resident’s meals to a high standard, including texture modified diets.  You will assist in supervising the completion of tasks related to hospitality services across site. Ensuring compliance with food safety standards, kitchen hygiene and and completion of action plans is a key part of your daily tasks. 

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Trade qualified chef or relevant experience of a minimum of 5 years (Aged care experience desirable but not essential)
• High level of understanding of food safety practices
• Knowledge of the preparation of food for special diets or resident individual requirements (such as texture modified, medical conditions etc)
• High level of professionalism and empathy when communicating with staff, residents and their families
• Understand the importance of food in people’s lives, especially as they age
• Flexibility to work across multiple sites
• Sound verbal and written communication skills

If you want to join our inspiring team, we can offer you:

• An opportunity to contribute to the care and quality of life for our residents
• Great team environment with variety in the role
• Modern facility with onsite parking
• Locations across greater Adelaide

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Melissa Kester, Service Resourcing Officer, via email: [email protected].  

To work for Eldercare, you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since date of issue.

As per Eldercare’s Employee Immunisation Policy, all Eldercare employees are required to:

• Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year
• Be vaccinated against COVID-19 as per current ATAGI guidelines

Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercare’s Chief Executive. 

Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents, staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are included and respected.

Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents, staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe.

Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender‑based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.

All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare.

Eldercare is proud to provide a smoke-free environment across all sites.

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