At a Glance
- Tasks: Help patients choose meals that meet their dietary needs and ensure food safety.
- Company: Join Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital with a friendly team environment.
- Benefits: Salary packaging, discounted parking, and an award-winning health program.
- Other info: Flexible part-time roles with opportunities for growth in a supportive workplace.
- Why this job: Make a difference in children's lives while gaining valuable experience in nutrition.
- Qualifications: Current or previous study in nutrition and good English skills required.
The predicted salary is between 65042 - 65042 $ per year.
Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital in a friendly and supportive team environment.
These 3 roles are part-time ongoing positions (negotiable hours and shifts), within the Nutrition and Food Services Department. You will be responsible for 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: GS6, Food Monitor ($65,042.12 per annum + penalties/allowances if applicable + superannuation)
What you’ll achieve:
- Work as part of a team to achieve high-quality patient meal service
- Comply with the principles of food safety and the RCH Food Safety Program
- Comply with all hospital and departmental policies and procedures
Your skills and experience:
- Current or previous tertiary study in an area which includes nutrition
- Proficiency in English (verbal and written)
- Experience in Delegate Foodservice™ software an advantage
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.
What we offer: Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
Other requirements:
- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCH’s “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure
The 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 backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disabilities.
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.
Applications close Monday 2 November 2026 at 11.59pm.
Menu Monitor in Melbourne employer: Royal-Children
Royal-Children offers a supportive and friendly team environment, with a strong commitment to staff safety and employee engagement. The organization provides opportunities for professional growth within a well-established healthcare setting, ensuring that employees can thrive while contributing to the care of children and young people. With over 150 years of experience, Royal-Children is dedicated to delivering high-quality pediatric services.
