Casual Cook
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SA Health
NJ
Summary
The cook is responsible for preparing, cooking, and distributing nutritious meals while ensuring compliance with food safety and dietary standards. They will also manage kitchen stock, coordinate food orders, and work collaboratively with the healthcare team to provide an excellent dining experience.
Job Description
- Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Wallaroo
- Salary: WHD4 - $32.12 to $32.46 per hour + 25% casual loading
- Employment Casual Contracts (multiple positions)
- Eligibility Open to Everyone
Cook Up Care, Connection & Quality Every Day
Looking for a rewarding permanent part-time opportunity where your cooking skills make a real difference? Join our dedicated healthcare team and help deliver nutritious, high-quality meals that support the health and wellbeing of our clients every day.
About This Role
As a Cook, you'll play an important role in delivering safe, nutritious and high-quality meals while supporting the smooth operation of our healthcare food service.
Working closely with the Catering and Utilities Team Leader and multidisciplinary team, you'll help ensure meals meet dietary requirements, maintain food safety standards and contribute to an exceptional dining experience for our clients.
In this role, you will:
- Prepare, cook and distribute meals to quality standards
- Support dietary, nutritional and special meal requirements
- Manage food orders, stock control and kitchen coordination
- Operate kitchen equipment and maintain food safety standards
- Work collaboratively with care teams to deliver excellent service
About You
You are a reliable and adaptable hospitality professional who takes pride in delivering quality food services within a healthcare environment. With a strong focus on teamwork, client care and professionalism, you can confidently manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards of communication, confidentiality and service delivery.
You will bring:
- Experience preparing bulk meals and catering for dietary needs
- Strong communication skills and ability to work within diverse teams
- Confidence using computer systems, including Microsoft Office
- Ability to work flexibly, use initiative and meet deadlines
- Professional judgement, discretion and a collaborative approach
Ready to Apply?
Bring your cooking skills to a role where every meal matters. Apply now to secure a permanent part-time opportunity and make a positive impact in your community.
Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information. Job ref: 947136
About YNLHN
Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+SB communities, and people living with disability and/or neurodivergence. We support workplace adjustments and welcome you to share any access or support needs during recruitment and employment. Flexible working arrangements, including part-time options, may be available and can be discussed for this role.
A career in YNLHN offers diverse opportunities, strong career development, and the chance to live and work across a unique landscape including farming regions, coastline, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders Ranges. View the video below to learn more about working with us
Work with us - Yorke and Northern LHN
Applicant Information
In addition to the annual salary and entitlements, we also offer salary sacrifice packaging, watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here.
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
- Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Enquiries
Teagan Cain-Dickens
Services Supervisor
Phone: 8823 0265
E-mail: [email protected]
Application Closing Date
3 July 2027 - 11.55PM
Attachments
947136 WHA4 Cook Role Description.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
This is the official LinkedIn page of the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN), which supports approximately 41,000 residents across the largest geographic area of any LHN in South Australia, including the Eyre Peninsula and Far North Outback extending to the Northern Territory border and the Western Australian border.
We also have the highest proportion of residents who identify as Aboriginal - 11% compared with the South Australian total of 2.0 %.
We run 14 hospitals and health clinics, 10 of which combine hospital and residential aged care services, community-based Mental Health and a community health service, Country Health Connect, based at 12 sites, which delivers more instances of care than our hospital and residential aged care facilities put together.
We own and run three GP practices, a remote area clinica at Oodnadatta and the Amata Family Wellbeing Centre.
Founded
2019
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Government Agency
Headquarters
Port Lincoln, South Australia
This is the official LinkedIn page of the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN), which supports approximately 41,000 residents across the largest geographic area of any LHN in South Australia, including the Eyre Peninsula and Far North Outback extending to the Northern Territory border and the Western Australian border.
We also have the highest proportion of residents who identify as Aboriginal - 11% compared with the South Australian total of 2.0 %.
We run 14 hospitals and health clinics, 10 of which combine hospital and residential aged care services, community-based Mental Health and a community health service, Country Health Connect, based at 12 sites, which delivers more instances of care than our hospital and residential aged care facilities put together.
We own and run three GP practices, a remote area clinica at Oodnadatta and the Amata Family Wellbeing Centre.
Founded
2019
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Government Agency
Headquarters
Port Lincoln, South Australia
