CareerPlan

Food Services Assistant/Cook

Melbourne, VictoriaFull-time$53k–$56k2026-11-07 → 2026-11-12

Core

Prepare and serve simple meals, modify patient diets, and maintain food safety standards in an aged care hospital kitchen.

Role type

Food Services Assistant/Cook

Builds

Patient meals and short order meals

Domain

Healthcare / Aged Care

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Food safety compliance, meal preparation, kitchen cleaning and sanitizing, waste management, inventory monitoring

Preferred skills

Commercial kitchen experience, aged care environment experience

Responsibilities

Plate and serve meals to patients, prepare and modify patient meals per menu requirements, reheat meals, ensure core temperatures meet safety standards, maintain work area per food safety plans, monitor waste management, inform coordinators of food stock levels