Prep Cook - Apollo Bay and Lorne
Date: 23 Oct 2025
Location: ApolloBay, VIC, Australia, 3233
Company: Barwon South West
Employment Type - Permanent Part Time
Hours per fortnight - 24
Job Category - Cook
Req Id - 6342
Great Ocean Road Health is Hiring: Prep Cooks Needed for Both Lorne & Apollo Bay Campuses – Two Positions Available!
- Work for an organisation that recently won the Premiers Small Healthcare Service or the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards 2024
- Live and work along the beautiful Surf Coast at Lorne / Apollo Bay
- Chance for suitably qualified candidates to extend their skills in a varied, busy rural hospital
About Great Ocean Road Health
Great Ocean Road Health serves the communities of Lorne, Apollo Bay, and the Surf Coast, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare close to home. Formed in 2019 through the integration of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health, we offer a range of services across our Lorne and Apollo Bay campuses. Our goal is to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community, ensuring sustainable, robust care for the future while maintaining local services and staff levels.
About the Role
The Prep Cook supports the Food Services Team in delivering safe, nutritious, and high-quality meals to residents, patients, staff, and visitors. This role supports the kitchen's overall operations and involves preparing ingredients, assisting with meal production, and ensuring compliance with GORH’s Food Safety Plan and relevant regulations. Attention to dietary requirements, hygiene standards, and efficient kitchen practices is essential.
Great Ocean Road Benefits
- Work Along the Iconic Great Ocean Road Join Great Ocean Road Health and experience a rewarding career in one of Australia’s most breathtaking coastal destinations, serving vibrant communities along the Surf Coast and Otways
- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Wide range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career
- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9,010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
- Community Engagement - our health service encourages you to be actively involved in the community health education imitative and preventative care.
Please Contact Great Ocean Road Health Support Service Managers
Contact Name: Janet Smartt
Email: janet.smartt@gorh.vic.gov.au
Phone: 03 52378500
Diversity and Inclusion
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities and identities.
We are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and a workplace that promotes wellbeing, and welcomes applications from those who identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
We actively encourage individuals with disabilities and diverse backgrounds and identities to apply for our positions. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, we are here to assist you every step of the way.
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
To join our team, all candidates are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and influenza, aligning with our health services immunisation policy.
If you need assistance with your application, please don’t hesitate to contact people.and.culture@gorh.vic.gov.au. We will guide you through the process.
Please note: This is an online application, and the system will automatically close submissions on Friday 21st November 2025.