Taking care of people is our reason for being?
At Sydney Adventist Hospital (SAH), fondly known as the San, taking care of people is our reason for being. It’s what drives us to deliver exceptional outcomes for our patients and it’s a shared sense of purpose that extends to everyone who works here too. When you work for the San, you’ll feel valued and supported by our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation.
Some of the exceptional employee benefits we offer are??
- Let us help you with your cost-of-living pressures - as a not-for-profit organisation, our team members have access to numerous salary packaging benefits that provide tax savings, to increase your take home pay. These include: $9,010 (NFP salary packaging), $2,650 (NFP meal, entertainment & venue benefit card), novated car leasing and retail discounts across numerous outlets.
- Access to our Employee Rewards Program, giving discounts with 100's of retailers to help with cost of living!
- Discounted gym membership for you and your family, using Fitness Passport along with access to our ELIA Wellness Program ??????
- We have many other benefits as well, to see a complete list of all our other Employee benefits and discounts, visit our website
What you’ll be doing in this role
Here at the Sydney Adventist Hospital we are looking for casual Kitchen Assistant to join the Food Services Team. Our Food Services department offers approx. 20 different Kitchen Assistant shifts each day of the year, all with varied function, responsibility and shifts times. Some of the function of our Kitchen Assistants include, but not limited to; food preparation, food presentation, meal plating, meal delivery to wards / patients and clearing meals.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Working closely with our Chefs & Cooks within the kitchen to provide quality and appetising meals to patients, community and hospital staff (through SanCafe) and Doctors
- Food handling & preparation ensuring hygiene and WHS standards are adhered to
- Promoting and contributing to a dynamic, positive and innovative workplace culture
- Provide outstanding customer service to our customers and community
- Actively contributing to a culture of comradery and teamwork along to a culture of continuous quality improvement
Who we are looking for
- Outstanding people skills with the ability to build relationships with customers and colleagues be self-motivated to providing outstanding customer service by having a ‘can-do attitude, with interest in going ‘above & beyond’ to our customers
- Excellent communication (both written & verbal) and interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience considerately & professionally communicating with both internal and external patient and customers
- Ability to work both independently in an unsupervised environment, and within a team setting
- Well organised with the ability to prioritise workload to meet tight time schedules when required
- Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, café, restaurant or other hospitality environment working with industrial kitchen equipment e.g., a commercial dishwasher along with cleaning kitchens
- Excellent awareness of food safety, hygiene and manual handing standards
If you’re ready to hit the ground running, in a fast-paced, dynamic supportive environment, we would love to have you join our team.
About Adventist Healthcare
We are NSW’s largest and most comprehensive private hospital (700+ beds) with a dedicated team of 2400 team members, over 1000 medical officers and 300 volunteers. As a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare organisation advancing healthcare since 1903, we have a proud history of delivering outstanding care and we are at the forefront of our field with best in-class technology and game-changing research.
What to expect
Please know that employment with Adventist Healthcare requires:
- A National Police Check
- Two professional working reference checks
- At least 2 COVID-19 vaccinations with 3 doses preferred
- Other pre-employment screenings as required
How to apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply’ button, applications will be reviewed and progressed as they are received.
Successful candidates will be required to complete a range of pre-employment checks which could include a police check, references, vaccination evidence.
If you’d like to chat with one of our team members about this role, then please contact Chantal Roper, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist on careers@sah.org.au