Menu Monitor

at  Ballarat Health Services

GRAMPIANS HEALTH CULTURE & BENEFITS

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

SELECTION CRITERIA

• Essential : Can you describe your experience working in a food provision role? This might include taking orders, managing meals for people with allergies, ensuring meal choices are correct, communicating with a person about meal options.
• Essential : At one time or another, we’ve forgotten to do something important for our role. Tell me about a time when this happened to you. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
• Essential : Working with others usually involves some give and take, describe a time when you worked out an agreement with a peer or team member. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
• Essential : What does patient centred care mean to you? Can you give an example of when you have demonstrated patient centred care? Free Text
• Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
• Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?

Grampians Health Ballarat is seeking applicants to join our team as Menu Monitors on a casual basis to work in the Meal Support Services and Dietetics Department. The casual role offers an opportunity of providing leave cover.
The successful applicant will have some computer skills, good communication skills, good people skills and an interest in nutrition. The applicant will be able to work with a diverse range of stakeholders including within the Dietetics team, Nursing Staff, Environmental and Food Services staff. The role will be based around Menu Monitoring and will also include additional support roles as a Trolley Runner and Diet Kitchen (food and supplement preparation). Weekend work will be a component of this role.
If you are interested in making a difference for patients in their health journey you will enjoy this role.
This position is allocated to the Acute and Sub Acute sites. Primary job requirements involve the provision of Menu Monitoring services to inpatients, but as a Menu Monitor you may be expected to work in various roles within Meal Support Services. You will also support the Dietetic staff to enhance team building and excellence within the Meal Support Services.