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About the Role

St George Private Hospital is seeking a Sous Chef to provide operational leadership within its high-volume catering department, ensuring the consistent delivery of nutritious, high-quality meals for patients, staff, and visitors. This role is pivotal in balancing clinical dietary requirements with exceptional culinary execution to enhance the overall patient experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious and appetising meals for patients, staff, doctors, the café, and hospital functions.
• Uphold food quality, hygiene, and safety standards in line with regulatory requirements.
• Support daily kitchen operations including ordering, stock rotation, and food safety compliance.
• Work collaboratively in a busy team environment, reporting to the Catering Manager.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role.
• Possess proven experience in supervising kitchen teams, managing rosters, and fostering a collaborative culture to ensure consistent service standards.
• A strong understanding of specialised clinical diets, including texture-modified meals, allergen management, and nutritional requirements for patient recovery.
• Expertise in HACCP principles and food safety legislation, with a commitment to maintaining impeccable hygiene standards and detailed documentation.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, manage competing priorities, optimize food costs, and adapt to the unique logistical demands of a 24/7 hospital facility.
• Adaptable to a flexible roster, including working weekends.
• Must provide or complete a National Police Check conducted within the previous 12 months.
• Ramsay may require a Working-With-Children Check and proof of immunisation against infectious diseases.

Skills

• Culinary expertise
• High-compliance healthcare environment navigation
• Kitchen team supervision
• Roster management
• Collaborative culture fostering
• Specialised clinical diets understanding
• HACCP principles
• Food safety legislation
• Impeccable hygiene standards
• Detailed documentation
• Fast-paced environment adaptability
• Competing priorities management
• Food cost optimization
• Logistical demand adaptation

Location

• St George Private Hospital

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role

Education Level

• Certificate III or IV in Commercial Cookery

Benefits

• Recognition programs
• Employee referral bonuses
• Scholarships
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning
• Ramsay Leadership Academy
• Ramsay Rewards (exclusive deals)
• Lower hospital cover costs
• Higher extras limits on services like General and Major Dental
• Pharmacy and allied health discounts
• Flexible rostering options
• Flexible leave
• Access to free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support 24/7
• Salary packaging
• Novated leasing
• Discounts on leisure travel, gyms and lifestyle services

About the Company

• Ramsay provides high quality healthcare to millions of people each year through a network of hospitals, clinics and services in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
• St George Private Hospital is a 276-bed facility, with a strong surgical expertise in cardiac, orthopaedics, cancer care, spinal surgery, endoscopy, aged care, general surgery and obstetrics.
• Australia’s largest private hospital operator, with over 74 sites and 35,000 staff.
• A values-led workplace where you’ll be supported personally and professionally.
• A place with flexible, permanent and career-growth opportunities nationwide.

Equal Opportunity

• Ramsay Health Care is committed to Child Safety. Details of our commitment are set out in our Code of Conduct, available at www.ramsayhealth.com.au.