This is not a role where 2 days are the same. Working in a fast-paced environment, your role focuses on providing high quality kitchen support services on ensuring smooth operations and food delivery to both our patients and our onsite Aroha Eatery.
Key Responsibilities
Support the Aroha Eatery Barista during peak times.
Engage and work with volunteers in the kitchen and Aroha Eatery.
Ensure cultural requirements of all patients are catered for.
Maintain quality, presentation, and portion size requirements for each patient.
Ensure patients with food allergies and intolerances are safely catered for.
Support Aroha Eatery seasonal promotions and revenue-generating events if required.
Foster open communication with our team to ensure meals are prepared in a timely manner.
Prepare meals according to Totara Hospice's recipes to maintain consistency in meal quality and presentation.
Our ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about making a difference, is a team player and strives to work under pressure. You are confident and committed to continuous improvement and have great attention to detail. You will have:
Basic food preparation skills.
Basic knowledge of kitchen operations and food safety.
Clear understanding of food hygiene safety practices.
Experience working in a kitchen/ food service environment.
Ability to multitask across several food preparation areas.
Awareness and understanding of multicultural food preparation and delivery.
Resourceful and creative in handling food-related challenges.
Good people skills and ability to build relationships.
Effective communication.
Since 1981, Totara Hospice has been at the forefront of delivering advanced palliative care services to the communities of South and Southeast Auckland. We take great pride in fostering an inclusive environment and actively championing and celebrating diversities. We are committed to ensuring safe and holistic care for everyone. Our staff undergo bicultural competency education facilitated by Empowering Change to ensure we honour the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our service delivery. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all. A proud supporter of Pride Pledge, we strive to create an authentically safe and inclusive environment for our rainbow communities.
Want to Apply? Here's how!
If you are searching for a rewarding career in healthcare where you can make a difference by just doing your best, please APPLY now. Remember to include an updated copy of your CV and a cover letter explaining why you want to work for Totara Hospice and why you are the most suitable candidate for the job. Applications close on 31/11/2024.
Only applicants already residing and eligible to work permanently in New Zealand will be considered for this position.
Totara Hospice as an organisation does not conscientiously object to anyone accessing their rights under the End-of-Life Choices Act that passed into law on November 7th 2021. Our focus will remain, as it always has been, on delivering to the needs of our patients and whanau. We respect and support patients who choose this option.
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