About the role:

As a Patient Food Services Assistant (FSA) at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, your duties will include meal preparation, following food safety standards, and keeping the kitchen clean and organised. Working closely with a supportive team, you'll contribute to a positive dining experience for patients and play a vital role in their care. 

This is a full-time position, and as such, you must be available to work across morning, afternoon, and weekend shifts, with full work rights.

Key Responsibilities:

Follow food safety rules to keep food safe and clean. Help prepare and assemble meals, making sure they look and taste good. Store food properly and check temperatures to keep everything fresh. Clean dishes and work areas to maintain a tidy kitchen. Work well with the team and share ideas for improvement.

About you:

Able to understand and follow instructions clearly. Capable of managing tasks efficiently to meet deadlines. Familiarity with food safety practices  Careful in following procedures and maintaining cleanliness. Ability to assist in meal preparation and assembly.

About us:

Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities.

Our Facilities & Asset Services business provides end-to-end facilities management and asset lifecycle support services for Australia’s critical social and economic infrastructure. Operating across the health, education, government, future energy, power generation, oil and gas and industrial sectors, we work closely with our customers to optimise the reliability, efficiency and whole of life costs of their assets and facilities.

Downer acts as the facility manager at The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). The RAH is the largest, busiest and most technologically advanced hospital in Australia with 800 single in-patient rooms, including 100 same-day beds and 80,000 same-day and overnight patient admissions per year.

Why work for us?

Working for the Downer Group, means every day you will be enabling our communities to thrive. With a bright future ahead of us, you find purpose here and have the opportunity to directly impact and contribute positively to our future.  You’ll also find a range of benefits available such as:

Opportunities for training and development to support your career.  Internal career opportunities across the Downer Group business.  Highly competitive employee exclusive discounts and benefits scheme. An Employee Assistance Program providing access to professionals to support you (and your family) to achieve your personal or professional goals through wellbeing coaching, counselling, financial advice, legal advice and more.

Please note: As a pre-requisite for this role, successful candidates will be required to undertake a pre-employment medical, as well as provide a National Police Clearance (results with in the last 3 months) and Immunisation history.