Food Services Assistants

Food Services Assistants

Multiple Casual Positions – Flinders Private Hospital

Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated, known as ACHA Health, is one of the largest private not-for-profit hospital groups in South Australia. ACHA Health comprises Ashford Hospital, Flinders Private Hospital and The Memorial Hospital. 

Flinders Private Hospital are currently recruiting Food Services Assistants to join our busy and supportive department on a casual basis. You will work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment that strives to deliver outstanding customer service to our patients and medical professionals. 

Your responsibilities will include:

Serve, deliver and collect all patient food requirements and meal trays

Assist in daily food preparation and basic meal assembly

Clean and maintain utensils and kitchen equipment in accordance with hospital/food industry safety and hygiene standards

Adherence to Food Safety Plan monitoring systems

Flinders Private Hospital is a private not-for-profit 152 bed hospital which offers a range of specialties including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, ENT surgery, general medicine, general surgery, gynaecology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, plastic & reconstructive surgery, oncology and urology. Flinders Private Hospital has 9 operating theatres, a procedure room, 3 angiography labs, an Infusion Suite, a 24/7 Cardiac Emergency Service and a 10 bed level 3 critical care unit.

Essential Criteria:

South Australian DHS Working with Children Clearance

Prior experience in Hospitality

Passion for delivering exceptional customer service in an empathetic manner

Demonstrated ability to work without supervision as well as part of a team

Excellent time management skills

Flexibility to work a variety of shifts over 7 days – AM shifts starting at 0600 and PM shifts finishing 2100 including weekends

25 hours plus available per week – per hour (note figure includes 25% casual loading)

15% afternoon and 50% weekend penalty rates

ACHA Health Offers:

Increased take-home pay with access to salary sacrifice, as a not-for-profit organisation with an exciting new increased cap!

Ongoing training & professional development opportunities, access to paid study leave

Flexible working arrangements for work-life balance by negotiation

Employee benefits including – discounted gym memberships, private health insurance and access to free Employee Assistant Program for wellbeing support

A supportive team environment, working alongside passionate & dedicated professionals

A valued member of a cohesive private hospital community, where our employees are more than a number

A passion for excellence – be a part of delivering a private experience for patients, doctors and staff

You can expect integrity, transparency, accountability, loyalty and respect in relationships

Working towards a collective purpose We work together for better care 

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region – the Kaurna people. We respect their spiritual relationship with their country and their ongoing connection through the custodianship of its land and waters. We work thoughtfully and respectfully, remembering the land on which we stand belongs to the oldest continuing living culture in the world. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and still to come.

ACHA Health is an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.

Come and be the difference in our patient’s lives.