Description:
SA HealthJob reference: 898562
Location: 5723 - COOBER PEDY
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Coober Pedy Health Services
- Salary: $1,084.00 - $1,095.10 per week (pro rata) - WHA2
- More than one Perm P/T position available (part time hours to be negotiated), working over a 7 day roster
Overview
Join our team as a Services Assistant at Coober Pedy Health Services
Are you a dedicated individual with a passion for providing essential support in a healthcare setting? Coober Pedy Health Services is seeking a motivated Services Assistant to join our team and contribute to the smooth operation of our health unit through efficient catering, cleaning, and laundry services.
About the Role: As a Services Assistant, you will be responsible for delivering timely and effective services that ensure the comfort and well-being of our clients. Your role will involve preparing, serving, and delivering food, as well as performing general housekeeping and laundry duties.
Key Responsibilities:
- Food Services: Prepare, serve, and deliver meals to clients, ensuring food safety and quality standards are met.
- Housekeeping: Perform general cleaning duties to maintain a clean and hygienic environment within the health unit.
- Laundry Duties: Undertake laundry tasks, including washing, drying, and folding of linen and personal items.
- Efficiency: Provide timely and efficient services to support the overall functioning of the health unit.
About Us
With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.
The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.
Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.
The Coober Pedy Hospital is part of the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network. Our hospital has 10 acute beds, four high-level residential aged care beds, and three emergency department beds. Our staff work in close partnership with community health services and Aboriginal health providers to ensure that optimum care is delivered to all areas of the community.
Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.
Applicant Information
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref : 898562
Enquiries
Name: Malinda Watson
Title: Director Corporate Services
Phone: 0417 854272
E-mail: malinda.watson@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
28 May 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM
Attachments
898562 - WHA2 - Services Assistant - Catering and Utility - Coober Pedy - Role Description.pdf
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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.