Employment Type: Permanent, Part Time Location: Mercy Place Albury, 578 Poole Street, Albury NSW 2640

Contact: Mark Massey | Service Manager | [email protected]

About the opportunity

At Mercy Health, each moment, no matter how small, truly matters - and as a Cook, you’ll create cherished moments each day. We are seeking a passionate and skilled cook to join our team who loves to work with a team caring for the elderly.

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare and cook meals in accordance with aged care dietary requirements, menu plans, and resident preferences.
- Maintain a clean, hygienic, and organized kitchen environment in line with food safety standards.
- Ensure special diets (texture-modified, diabetic, allergen-free) are accurately prepared and served.
- Storing food in temperature-controlled facilities.
- Collaborate with dietitians and facility staff to ensure meal quality and compliance with care plans.
- Supervise and mentor kitchen assistants or food service staff when required.
- Participate in stock ordering, rotation, menu planning and waste management.

To thrive in this role

- Relevant qualification as a Cook (Minimum requirement, Certificate 3 or 4 in Commercial Cookery).
- Prior experience working as a Cook at Aged Care settings.
- A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective resident care and management.
- The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team workplace.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining: Police Check





We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture. We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

Mercy Health Australia is renowned for its unwavering commitment to providing compassionate and patient-centered health services and aged care services.

If you're value and display empathy, integrity, and are seeking the opportunity to make a real difference, we invite you to join us!

Mercy Health is made up of 10,000 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development. Mercy Health employs people from many cultures and backgrounds who, irrespective of their beliefs, share a common bond to care for those in need.

We look forward to welcoming you to your journey with Mercy Health.

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📌 Cook (Albury)
🏢 MERCY AGED AND COMMUNITY CARE
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