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Chef Manager Bupa Runaway Bay
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Full Time
Job Description
About the Home
The delightful Bupa Runaway Bay is a modern care home surrounded by beautiful nature reserves and parklands, close to the Gold Coast beaches and just an hour from Brisbane’s CBD. It consists of 108 beds, a with various care units such as dementia, respite, and palliative. Our primary goal is placing our focus on the health, lifestyle and well-being of our residents.
About the Role
As a Chef Manager you will work with a team of Catering assistants to lead a high functioning kitchen and catering service through the provision of quality, well presented, nutritious meals that meet Resident dining preferences and needs in a home like environment. Ensuring excellence always, whilst adhering to all related quality standards and regulations.
Benefits of Bupa
Supportive, collaborative, and caring team culture
Continual learning and development opportunities
Great employee discounts and benefits
Internal transfers across our care homes
Duties
Run an efficient, high-quality dining and catering service for the residents of the care home
Collaborate with the Lifestyle team to ensure all activities and events are appropriately planned and catered for
Ensure any specialist resident dietary requirements are met (e.g. diabetes, weight loss or gain)
Prepare the main dishes for lunch and dinner
Oversee the washing, preparation, and cooking of all foods, including vegetables, soups, sauces, gravies, desserts, sandwiches, salads, bread, and rolls
Ensure that all meals are prepared fresh daily utilising seasonal produce
Manage safe and correct processes in food purchasing, storage, handling, and preparation
Implement infection control principles and practices as per infection control policies
Complete paperwork promptly and correctly as per duty list and Quality & Assurance Processes
Identify training needs and requirements of Catering Staff - this includes changes to processes or resident requirements, introduction to new equipment safety or environmental regulations
Skills and Experience
Certificate in Commercial Cookery or equivalent is essential
Aged Care / Hotel/Restaurant experience preferred
Ideally you would have previous experience in a similar role
Effective time management, organisational skills and budget management
Previous experience in leading a team is desirable and managing a budget
Understanding of Food Audits
Demonstrated experience working within a multidisciplinary team and ability to effectively liaise with stakeholders
Strong interpersonal skills and a customer service focus
Bupa cares about creating and sustaining a safe and inclusive workplace where our team members feel they belong regardless of gender identity (including how one chooses to express it), ethnicity, disability (physical, mental and/or sensory), ****** orientation, religion or life stage. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.
How to Apply
Click Apply to be taken to our online application process. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete pre-employment checks.
To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website:https://careers.bupa.com.au
The delightful Bupa Runaway Bay is a modern care home surrounded by beautiful nature reserves and parklands, close to the Gold Coast beaches and just an hour from Brisbane’s CBD. It consists of 108 beds, a with various care units such as dementia, respite, and palliative. Our primary goal is placing our focus on the health, lifestyle and well-being of our residents.
About the Role
As a Chef Manager you will work with a team of Catering assistants to lead a high functioning kitchen and catering service through the provision of quality, well presented, nutritious meals that meet Resident dining preferences and needs in a home like environment. Ensuring excellence always, whilst adhering to all related quality standards and regulations.
Benefits of Bupa
Supportive, collaborative, and caring team culture
Continual learning and development opportunities
Great employee discounts and benefits
Internal transfers across our care homes
Duties
Run an efficient, high-quality dining and catering service for the residents of the care home
Collaborate with the Lifestyle team to ensure all activities and events are appropriately planned and catered for
Ensure any specialist resident dietary requirements are met (e.g. diabetes, weight loss or gain)
Prepare the main dishes for lunch and dinner
Oversee the washing, preparation, and cooking of all foods, including vegetables, soups, sauces, gravies, desserts, sandwiches, salads, bread, and rolls
Ensure that all meals are prepared fresh daily utilising seasonal produce
Manage safe and correct processes in food purchasing, storage, handling, and preparation
Implement infection control principles and practices as per infection control policies
Complete paperwork promptly and correctly as per duty list and Quality & Assurance Processes
Identify training needs and requirements of Catering Staff - this includes changes to processes or resident requirements, introduction to new equipment safety or environmental regulations
Skills and Experience
Certificate in Commercial Cookery or equivalent is essential
Aged Care / Hotel/Restaurant experience preferred
Ideally you would have previous experience in a similar role
Effective time management, organisational skills and budget management
Previous experience in leading a team is desirable and managing a budget
Understanding of Food Audits
Demonstrated experience working within a multidisciplinary team and ability to effectively liaise with stakeholders
Strong interpersonal skills and a customer service focus
Bupa cares about creating and sustaining a safe and inclusive workplace where our team members feel they belong regardless of gender identity (including how one chooses to express it), ethnicity, disability (physical, mental and/or sensory), ****** orientation, religion or life stage. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.
How to Apply
Click Apply to be taken to our online application process. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete pre-employment checks.
To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website:https://careers.bupa.com.au
