Food Services Assistant

• Casual shifts available
• Monday to Sunday shifts between 0600 through to 2100
• $27.40/hr - $31.23/hr plus 25% casual loading and super

Are you an enthusiastic team player seeking a career in healthcare?

About the role

Brisbane Private Hospital is looking to employ Food Services Assistants to join our friendly and supportive team. You will take pride in your work, have a friendly and positive work attitude and an interest to achieve high standards of customer satisfaction.

Set at the top of Wickham Terrace, Brisbane’s busiest medical precinct, above the Roma Street Parklands in the heart of the CBD, Brisbane Private Hospital is an acute and rehabilitation hospital with 181 beds, 17 operating theatres and dedicated surgical, ICU and rehabilitation wards. Brisbane Private Hospital specialises in Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Spinal, ENT, Pain and Rehabilitation with additional specialties including Plastics, Urology, General Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Brisbane Private Hospital also delivers a leading private drug and alcohol program, Damascus Health Services, from its dedicated drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit.

As a Food Services Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing exception customer/patient service by preparing and serving food
• Convey and prepare special dietary requirements for the patients
• Deliver excellent customer service to patients, clients and staff
• Demonstrate sound time management, ability to prioritise and deliver delegated tasks in a timely manner
• To be up to date with training and have a sound ability to keep the kitchen up to code with cleaning

Essential Criteria

• At least 1-year experience in a hospitality environment
• Excellent customer service skills
• Good communication and time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Works well independently and within a team

Desirable Criteria

• Certificate III in Safe Food Handling
• Certificate II Health Support Services
• Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
• Previous experience as a cook or chef in a hospitality setting

• Previous experience in an age care or hospital setting

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

Our benefits include

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth
• EAP Services
• Gym Passport

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.