Operational Service Officer, Queensland Health

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Queensland Government's Central West Hospital and Health Service is seeking an Operational Services Officer to perform cleaning duties across hospital and facilities to infection control standards. You will assist in meal service, laundering, and waste management, working under supervision as part of a team or autonomously as required.

The role supports a rural health environment with benefits including employer superannuation, salary packaging, and annual leave loading.

Responsibilities

• Perform cleaning duties across hospital and facilities under indirect supervision, following infection control standards.
• Assist in preparation and serving of meals to patients, staff and Meals-on-Wheels clients.
• Launder, and undertake waste disposal and management practices as required by waste guidelines.

Job description

We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We improve continuously

What's involved –Working as part of a multidisciplinary health facility the Operational Services Officer will be required to perform a range of cleaning duties under indirect supervision as per specific duty guides. This role is pivotal in supporting the Supervisor in providing quality client care working as part of a team or autonomously depending on the task required. The successful candidate will be required to undertake all cleaning duties, including light and heavy tasks, in all areas of the Hospital and associated facilities to infection control standards, assist in the preparation and serving of meals to patients, staff and Meals-on-Wheels clients, assist in the process of laundering and undertake waste disposal and management practices as required by the waste management guidelines.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself. Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets. It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

As a Central West Health employee, your benefits include:

• generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
• salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
• 17.5% annual leave loading;

The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it. Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.