Menu Monitor - Casual

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Central location in the Parkville medical precinct, Melbourne
• Excellent employee benefits, including salary packaging

About the Role:

Menu Monitors play a crucial role in the Food Services Department, ensuring appropriate meal provision for patients. Their roles include assisting patients and parents with making suitable menu choices consistent with dietary requirements and allergies. They also create production lists to provide accurate orders for kitchen production and patient service, and check tray cards to ensure patients receive their correct meals. 

A high level of computer literacy is essential for this role, as both the menu management program and patient records are electronic. Menu Monitors regularly liaise with Dietitians and Nursing staff regarding patient needs.

This casual position requires flexibility and must have good availability across seven days of the week to fill in planned and unplanned leave shifts at short notice.

Classification for this position is GS6, Food Monitor ($31.65 per hour + casual loading + superannuation)

What you’ll achieve:

• Work with other staff as part of a team to achieve high-quality patient meal service and ensure patients receive accurate, safe and acceptable meals
• Offer exceptional customer service to patients and families 
• Accurately translate each patient’s dietary needs to menu choices, including food allergen management
• Assist with food production and distribution as requested

Your skills and experience:

• Experience/knowledge of therapeutic diets and allergen-free diets
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable proficiency with a variety of IT systems

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Nutrition and Food Service department:

The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at The Royal Children's Hospital incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients.

What we offer:

• A friendly and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to learn and develop
• Staff Wellbeing Hub

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

Application process:

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position, please contact: Andrei Kononov, Executive Chef    Ph: 03 9345 5668   Email:  sfrecruitment.nandfs@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

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 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 background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

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. 

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 25 November 2025