Kitchen Assistant
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)
Lugano
Key information
- Publication date:24 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Lugano
Job summary
EOC is a multi-site hospital in Ticino with 1,000 beds. Join our diverse team offering quality healthcare!
Tasks
- Assist in meal preparation and presentation with the kitchen team.
- Ensure hygiene, cleanliness, and order at workstations and utensils.
- Collaborate on event catering and customer service tasks.
Skills
- Strong Italian language skills and knowledge of hygiene standards required.
- Reliable, organized, and team-oriented.
- Flexible availability for diverse tasks and shifts.
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The EOC, the multi-site hospital of Ticino, is present with its institutes throughout the entire cantonal territory for a total of 1,000 beds. The organization effectively combines a local approach with an overall vision, guaranteeing the population a comprehensive and nearby hospital offer, regardless of where the services are requested.
Thanks to the commitment and competence of over 6,500 collaborators and their attention to human relations, the EOC ensures quality healthcare by caring for over 41,000 inpatients annually and providing over 600,000 outpatient consultations.
To complete our team of Hospitality Services at the Regional Hospital of Lugano, we are looking for a
Kitchen Assistant (100%)
Profile:
The ideal candidate feels comfortable in a multicultural context, knows how to manage interpersonal relationships with all interlocutors, can ensure quality while respecting established times and procedures, and is available according to service needs.
They pay attention to meeting the expectations and requests of internal and external clients, know how to establish effective and constructive relationships, and are oriented towards change and development.
They are precise, orderly, and punctual in performing tasks, always paying particular attention and sensitivity to hygiene, cleanliness, and waste reduction.
In addition to being able to work independently, they have a propensity for teamwork.
They are available to perform various activities and to work flexible shifts 7/7.
Tasks:
- collaborate with the kitchen brigade in the preparation and presentation of dishes, as well as in meal distribution;
- work with the dishwasher team performing all predefined tasks;
- collaborate with the catering team in the preparation of banquets, customer service, meal distribution;
- store or stock goods according to correct preservation methods, as well as materials, dishes, and equipment according to internal regulations;
- ensure hygiene, cleanliness, and order at every workstation and for every utensil and equipment;
- comply with regulations regarding waste separation and disposal.
Necessary requirements:
- excellent knowledge of the Italian language, both spoken and written;
- knowledge of cleaning techniques and hygiene standards (HACCP);
- reliability, organization, and teamwork attitude;
- availability to perform heavy and varied work;
- knowledge of common computer tools;
- care in personal presentation;
- preferably holding a Federal Certificate of Competence (AFC) as a catering employee or standardized gastronomy; or a Federal Certificate of Competence (CFP) as a kitchen assistant.
Start date:
For further information, Mr. Stefano Butti, Head of Kitchens ORL, is available at 091 811 66 44.
Applications must reach us no later than November 7, 2025.
Neither paper applications nor email applications will be accepted.