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• This is your chance to enhance your career with Victoria’s largest regional Health Service
• Grow your skills at an organisation invested in your long-term development

About the facility

Food Services

Barwon Health’s Food Service is a large department over 2 sites, University Hospital and the McKellar Centre. Our Food services provide over 3000 meals per day to residents/clients/patients seven days a week. Our Cafeteria service to staff and visitors is open seven days a week and requires a variety of duties by our large team.

About the role

As the Distribution Team Member (Driver) you will provide service delivery across Barwon Health of food and stores items. You will support all functional areas with service in a professional and courteous manner adhering to standards across aged care and acute settings.

Duties of your role include, but not limited to:

• Deliver and collect meal trolleys across multiple sites 3x daily
• Assist with stripping returned trolleys and trolley washing
• Adhere to Barwon Health’s Food Safety Plan
• Stock Rotation
• Receivables from Vendors
• Delivery of stores and food cassettes across Barwon Health
• Delivery of ward-functional area equipment

About the culture

Just 45 minutes from Melbourne by road, you will have a lifestyle that offers you the best of city/country blend.  Experience how friendly and welcoming Geelong can be and enjoy its diverse cultural and sporting activities. Barwon Health offers opportunity to be part of a growing regional service and a progressive organisation with an eye on the future.  We support all employees with professional development and growth.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne! Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) is means “Tongue of Land”.

• Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
• High standard of schooling options throughout the area
• A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
• Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
• To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website. 

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, Please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at talent.acquisition@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.