Housekeeping Coordinator

Anglican Care; Taree; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900 plus $2

$500 Refer A Friend bonus

40% school fee discount

Private health insurance discount

Fitness Passport program access

Employee Assistance Program

14 weeks parental leave / 3 weeks, car

Other health and family support

Job summary

Newcastle Anglican seeks an experienced Housekeeping Coordinator to lead housekeeping across an assigned group of Residential Aged Care facilities on the Mid North Coast. You will supervise onsite housekeeping staff, roster, and support the Housekeeping Manager to ensure quality, infection prevention, and care standards are met.

Travel between three facilities is required. Join a faith-based organisation offering generous benefits, including salary packaging and staff wellness programs, with

Qualifications

• Experience in Health or Aged Care Services.
• Supervisory or team leadership experience.
• 3 years or more experience in housekeeping, cleaning or laundry in aged care or healthcare.
• Able to manage competing priorities across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Actively promote Newcastle Anglican values and mission.
• Adhere to regulations, policies, procedures and care philosophy.
• Provide supervision and coordination to housekeeping staff.
• Ensure training and competencies of staff.
• Coordinate staff coverage for assigned sites.
• Meet or exceed relevant legislation standards.

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Newcastle Anglican is seeking an experienced Housekeeping Coordinator to join its team based on the Mid North Coast.

The Housekeeping Coordinator provides direct, on-the-ground leadership and coordination of the housekeeping function across an assigned group of Residential Aged Care facilities, reporting to and supporting the Housekeeping Manager.

The role is accountable for the day-to-day supervision, rostering, performance and development of onsite Housekeeping Assistants, and for ensuring service delivery consistently meets Aged Care Quality Standards and Infection Prevention and Control requirements.

This role requires the successful candidate to travel regularly between 3 Anglican Care Aged Care facilities on the Mid North Coast.

Why Work for us?

Newcastle Anglican places people at the centre of our work. As a part of a faith-based organisation, you have access to the following great benefits:

• Work for a purpose-driven organisation where you can access opportunities for growth and advancement across all of our services
• Generous salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900 plus $2650 meals and entertainment where you could enjoy tax savings up to $5,206* each FBT year
• Refer A Friend bonuses of $500
• Up to 40% discount on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
• Discounted private health insurance through Medibank
• A unique culture promoting diversity, cultural competence and shared values
• Access to over 300+ gyms with the Fitness Passport Program
• Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
• 14 weeks paid parental leave or 3 weeks paid partner leave.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Actively promote the desired culture of Newcastle Anglican by ensuring all interactions, documentation and communication is conducted in a manner which supports the stated Mission and Values.
• Adhere to the Statutory Regulations, Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Philosophy of Care.
• Provide supervision, direction and coordination to employees housekeeping employees.
• Ensure that all employees are appropriately trained with proven abilities to perform their responsibilities at the level required.
• Identifying team skill mix and facilitate staff coverage for assigned sites.
• Achieve standards which exceeds the minimum requirements as established by relevant legislation.

About you?

• Experience in Health or Aged Care Services or a demonstrated understanding of these sectors
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience
• 3 years or more experience in housekeeping, cleaning or laundry services within residential aged care, healthcare, hotel or accommodation service environments.
• Experience in providing commercial laundry services, including equipment maintenance and logistics.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across multiple sites or work areas.
• Understanding of Aged Care Quality Standards, infection prevention and control principles, Work Health and Safety requirements, and cleaning methodologies and standards
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Hold a current Drivers licence
• Hold a current NDIS Check or willingness to apply
• A National police check (Newcastle Anglican will consider the relevance of any reported outcomes

Who we are?

Formerly known as the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and the Central Coast.

We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes, four schools, Anglican Care and Samaritans.

Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do, inspired by the way of Jesus.

We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and welcome all applications.

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