Location: Barwon South West - Greater Geelong

Reference: 8831

- Develop your hospitality and food service skills with ongoing training, hands-on experience, and opportunities to work within a respected healthcare organisation.
- Join a supportive and collaborative team workplace where you can make a meaningful difference to patients, staff, and visitors every day.
- Multiple permanent part time opportunies | salary packaging

About the role

As a Food Services Assistant, you will deliver high-quality hospitality and food services to patients, residents and visitors in a timely, courteous and hygienic manner. Working within dietary requirements and individual food preferences, you will support safe and efficient meal service while ensuring compliance with the Barwon Health Food Safety Plan, the Food Safety Act, and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare and serve meals, beverages, and snacks in a fast-paced environment, including basic food preparation and reheating menu items
- Deliver and distribute meals to patients, staff, and service areas while ensuring orders are accurate and dietary requirements are met
- Operate café and retail equipment including coffee machines, Point of Sale (POS), EFTPOS, dishwashing, and hot holding units
- Maintain high standards of food safety, infection control, cleanliness, and waste management across food preparation and dining areas
- Support daily foodservice operations through stock replenishment,



function setup, team collaboration, and assisting with training new staff members

What we're looking for

- Recent Food Handling competency training, with the ability to follow established food safety, hygiene, and workplace procedures
- Previous experience in food service, healthcare, or aged care environments, with strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively both independently and within a team
- Physically capable of undertaking foodservice duties in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to engage respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds
- Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Attractive salary packaging benefits
- Living expenses capped at $9,010
- Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Applications close Friday 21 August 2026 at 11.59pm

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📌 Retail Food Service Assistant (Grade 2), Food Services (Geelong)
🏢 State Government Of Victoria, Australia
📍 Geelong