Housekeeper | Berengarra Aged Care

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Fitness Passport – extensive facility"

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee counselling

Job summary

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is seeking a casual Aged Care Support Worker for Berengarra Aged Care, Kew location. The role includes food preparation, cleaning and laundry support across the Aged Care and Mental Health Unit, delivering best-practice, resident-centred care.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, assist with daily menu choices, and ensure strict infection control. A Food Handling Certificate is essential and NDIs checks may be required.

Qualifications

• Food Handling Certificate (essential).
• Experience in cleaning, and food and beverage handling/preparation (preferably in an aged care setting).
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Highly developed communication skills.
• Previous hospital and/or residential facility experience is desirable.
• Current NDIS Check, or willing to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing short order meals for residents, and coordinate and prepare their daily menu and beverage choices.
• Wash residents’ meal plates/ kitchen trays and keep kitchen, pantry and equipment clean.
• Assist the cleaning team with the facility, including resident rooms/ bathrooms/ living areas/ dining areas and staff areas.
• Sweep, vacuum, mop, scrub, dust, bed making and kitchen cleaning to support resident comfort.
• Compliance with Infection Control procedures.
• Assist Laundry team by handling trolleys and resident laundry.

Skills

Food Handling Certificate

Cleaning experience

Food & beverage handling

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description

• Berengarra Aged Care - Kew location


• Casual position with ability to work across the roster on the Aged Care and Mental Health Unit.


• Challenging and rewarding work environment within one of Australia’s leading hospital groups

About the Role

You will provide a range of support services for our aged care residents, working as part of a team to deliver best practice care. We provide a customer focused model, and you will assist with food preparation, cleaning and laundry tasks. You have a passion for positively impacting people’s lives, providing assistance and support with services in line with our resident’s needs, abilities and choices.

• Assist in preparing short order meals for residents, and coordinate and prepare their daily menu and beverage choices


• Wash residents’ meal plates/ kitchen trays and ensure the kitchen, pantry and all kitchen equipment, including refrigerators/ ovens and benches, are kept clean.


• Assist the cleaning team with the facility, including resident rooms/ bathrooms / living areas/ dining areas and staff and public areas


• Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, scrubbing, detail dusting, glass cleaning , resident bed making and kitchen cleaning to support the comfort of our residents


• Continuedcompliance to Infection Control procedures


• Assist the Laundry team by taking the trolleys to the laundry, washing, drying, pressing, folding and return of residents laundry to their room

The classification for this position will be PS21 ($30.00 per hour plus casual loading)

Your Contribution

• Food Handling Certificate (essential)


• Experience in cleaning, and food and beverage handling/preparation (preferably in an aged care setting)


• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team


• Highly developed communication skills


• Previous experience in a hospital and/or residential facility would be highly desirable


• Current NDIS Check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs


• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling


• A healthy work/life balance encouraged.


• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities


• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!


• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation


• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals


• Culture of continuous improvement

About Berengarra

Berengarra, a new multi storey 90 bed state of the art residential aged care facility comprises 60 mainstream and 30 Aged Persons’ Mental Health (APMH) beds designed to deliver contemporary best practice person centered care. Berengarra compliments a suite of existing St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s residential facilities. You will be a part of a dedicated, dynamic and forward thinking team that comes together for a common goal, the care of our residents.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Closing Date: 20 November 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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