Catering Assistant - Casual Pool
- Prepare and provide catering services, supporting food safety and safe work practices in a health unit.
- Assist with laundry, housekeeping and maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment for clients.
- Work reliably under general direction, meeting deadlines and collaborating with colleagues.
- Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Meningie
- WHD2 | Health Ancillary Employee Regional Level 2 | $31.70263 p.h. to $32.27895 p.h.
- Casual Employment
- Eligibility: Open to Everyone
About the Role
Join our team as a Catering Assistant and play a vital role in delivering high-quality food and support services within a dynamic health unit. This hands-on position offers variety, with responsibilities across kitchen, laundry, and housekeeping, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for clients. If you’re reliable, efficient, and enjoy making a positive difference in people’s daily lives, this is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a supportive and essential service.
What We're Looking For
Essential Criteria
- Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills across diverse environments
- Flexible, reliable, and able to meet deadlines while working under general direction
- Basic experience in housekeeping, catering, or laundry services
- Understanding of food safety, infection control, and safe work practices
- Sound literacy, numeracy, and basic computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office)
Desired Criteria
- Year 11 completion and/or current First Aid certificate
- Experience in housekeeping, catering, laundry, and basic computer use
- Manual handling skills and awareness of Equal Employment Opportunity principles
About Us
The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.
- We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
- Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
- Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
- Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
- Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support
- Join RMCLHN's Corporate and Administration Professionals Team (video)
Applicant Information
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
- Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: ******
Enquiries
Cindy Hein
EO/DON Meningie and Tailem Bend Hospitals
Phone: ********
E-mail: ********************
Application Closing Date
30 Apr 2027 - 11.55PM
Attachments
WHD2 - Catering Assistant - Role Description.pdf
About Meningie Factsheet.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
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