Work Type: Part-time
Salary: $65,042 - $65,042
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 15526
Menu Monitor
About the Role
These 3 roles are part-time ongoing positions (negotiable hours and shifts), within the Nutrition and Food Services Department.
You will be responsible in ensuring patients receive meals suitable to their individual dietary requirements. In this position, you will assist patients with selecting menu options that meet their requirements, while working closely with nursing staff and dietitians to clarify any specific dietary needs. The role also involves performing accurate data entry in the Delegate Foodservice™ system to produce tray cards and production lists for the kitchen, ensuring the correct meals are prepared and delivered.
Classification for these positions are GS6, Food Monitor ($65,042.12 per annum + penalties/allowances if applicable + superannuation)
What you’ll achieve:
Your skills and experience
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About the Department
The Department of Nutrition and Food Services is a large department of around 120 staff incorporating the main kitchen, central formula room and the clinical dietetics service.
The main kitchen provides 3 cook-fresh meals and a mid-meals service for approximately 100 patients per day. The central formula room produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk for approximately 120 patients per day. This is a 7-day per week operation.
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Application process
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
For more information about this position, please contact Andrei Kononov, Executive Chef Ph: 03 9345 5668 Email: [email protected]
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
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Applications close 2 November 2026