Housekeeper/Cleaner

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 53,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport

Staff Health Centre

Close to Public Transport

Discounts and Promotions

Career development

Culture of continuous improvement

Job summary

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s Berengarra aged care facility seeks a part-time support worker to deliver meals, cleaning and laundry services with a resident-centered approach.

You will join a friendly multidisciplinary team, supporting food service, housekeeping and infection control duties while upholding person-centered care principles.

This role offers the PS21 classification with pro rata pay for 12 hours per week at Berengarra, located in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Qualifications

• Food Handling Certificate is essential.
• Experience in cleaning and food/beverage handling/preparation, preferably in aged care.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong communication skills.
• NDIS Check current or willing to obtain.
• Previous hospital or residential facility experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing short order meals and serve residents' meals.
• Maintain kitchen and dining areas; wash dishes and manage cleaning tasks.
• Assist cleaning team with resident rooms, bathrooms, living areas and staff areas.
• Perform cleaning duties including sweeping, vacuuming, mopping and dusting.
• Support infection control procedures and safety guidelines.
• Assist Laundry by handling trolleys, washing, drying, folding and returning residents' laundry.

Skills

Cleaning experience

Food handling experience

Food handling

Communication skills

Teamwork in multidisciplinary settings

NDIS Check

Education

Food Handling Certificate

Job description

Job Description

• Berengarra Aged Care - Kew location
• Permanent part time,12hrs per week AM shift on the Aged Care level
• Friendly & supportive team

About the Role

You will provide a range of support services for our aged persons 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. Provide full meal service to residents
• 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 ($59,282 per annum pro rata)

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

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Staff Health Centre
• Close to Public Transport and car parks
• Discounts and Promotions available through our Foundation
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• 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

Closing Date

6 December 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 or get in contact at ***************@svha.org.au

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