Casual Kitchen Assistant at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato, Waikato

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Thames Hospital

The details: Casual 

 

• Be part of the national transformation in Health

• Come and join us in Thames, the gateway to the Coromandel!

• Full training is provided

 

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are looking for a enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our 7 day a week dietary service, who possesses excellent customer service skills and is available to be rostered over the 7 day period. Duties will include food preparation, meal service, general kitchen duties, working in Sperry Lane Café; food safety and hygiene are extremely important in this area. Training in food safety is available for all applicants - eligibility of NZQA qualification paperwork after 6 months employment.

 

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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

 

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

Thames Hospital is part of Te Whatu Ora, Waikato, and is set against the hills on the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island. We are a fully modernised rural and secondary hospital service, providing healthcare for a catchment population of 45,000. This population swells significantly over the summer holidays as the wider country makes their way to their favourite vacation destinations across the Coromandel.

 

Our hospital provides a 15 bed consultant-led emergency department seeing 18,000 patients per year which is supported by 24/7 laboratory and radiology services, including CT. The inpatient unit has 48 beds split between general medicine, low acuity surgery and rehabilitation. We maintain a busy day surgery service and outpatient clinic with our both own consultants providing treatment in addition to specialist consultants who visit daily during the week and provide a range of specialist services.

 

Mōu | About you

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

• Excellent fitness to work in an environment with heavy physical demands including frequent standing, lifting and humid and busy environment

• Willingness to follow direction and carry out tasks in a timely efficient manner

• Ability to build and maintain positive respectful relationships with customers and team members

• Reliability with an excellent attendance record

• A current NZ driver’s licence

 

An understanding of hospital kitchen functions, and previous experience in similar roles would be an advantage. 

 

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te iwi Ngakaunui – People at Heart

• Whakamana – Give and earn respect

• Whakaronga – Listen to me; Talk to me

• Mauri Pai – Fair play

• Whakapakari – Growing the good

• Kotahitanga – Stronger together

 

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

 

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

 

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

 

Here at Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients – directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

 

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

 

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email.

 

For any queries about the role please contact Nicole.Rickard@waikatodhb.health.nz

 

Closing date: 6 October 2023 

 

COVID-19:

A national Vaccination Policy which includes COVID19 is under development. In the interim, a Health and Safety Risk Assessment against the requirements of the role will apply to unvaccinated candidates and employees and appropriate risk mitigation (e.g. extra PPE, RAT testing) may be taken as a result. Please note that when a Vaccination Policy is introduced it will apply to this role and need to be supported.