Kitchen Assistant - Potwash

Job Description:

Role title: Kitchen Assistant - Potwash

Role type: Casual

Department and location: Food Production, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney

Salary: $29.12 per hour + Super + Salary Packaging

Welcome to St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney, Sydney’s premier inner-city private hospital

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded in 1857 by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the sisters’ legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As a world-class tertiary facility, we are at the forefront of medical innovation, featuring high-acuity interventional suites, next-gen surgical robotics for complex specialties, and cutting-edge oncology backed by the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre. Here, you will work alongside global leaders and access funded postgraduate pathways to accelerate your career.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to join as Kitchen Assistant to work in our production kitchen at St Vincent’s Private Hospital to maintain high levels of professional standards in servicing patients across St Vincent’s Darlinghurst Campus.

St Vincent’s Private Hospital production kitchen is a cook fresh facility with a high-quality food safety accredited meal service, producing more than 60,000 meals per month. This is a large team of approx. 50 staff in this busy kitchen. You will be directly managed by the kitchen supervisor, them reporting to the Executive chef.

About the role

• Cleaning and Washing up responsibilities

• Utilisation of 2 large commercial dishwashers

• Correct application of chemicals for cleaning purposes

• Following processes for stock and equipment

• Adhering to a daily time schedule.

This role will be casual with a rotational roster with 7 days a week. Shifts range from:

• Daytime (6am, 7.30, 11am start  - Rotational)

• Afternoon /evening (12.30pm start)

Pay and benefits for this role:

• $36.40 per hour (including casual loading)

• Plus superannuation

• Plus salary packaging (up to $15,900/year tax‑free)

• Plus other employee benefits, discounts, and rewards

About you

• Working in a teamwork environment

• Awareness of WHS responsibilities

• Attention to detail - Able to follow Instructions and food safety principles

• Previous experience in washrooms/cleaning

• Time management skills and Punctuality

• Good communication skills

• Flexibility to cover shifts over 7 days, early mornings and afternoon shifts

• Willingness to work in the evenings

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

• For-Purpose Impact: Be part of a not-for-profit where surplus is reinvested into research & community care

• World-Class: Collaborate with global leaders across more than 100 medical specialties and 60 service areas

• Surgical Innovation: Work with eminent surgeons using next-gen robotics in cardiac, neuro & orthopaedic

• Premium Care: Deliver deeply personalised, patient-centred care in a 100% private-room en-suite facility

• Safe Staffing: Work with peace of mind under an historic EA delivering mandated nurse-to-patient ratios

• Professional Growth: Accelerate your career with clinical education programs & funded postgrad pathways

• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 2nd September 2026. 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.

Please submit your resume.  A cover letter is welcome but not required.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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