Patient Transport Officer

St Vincent's Health Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 58,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

NSW Health Mobility

World-class hospital network

Job summary

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is seeking a Patient Transport Officer to safely move patients within and between healthcare facilities, delivering compassionate and professional care throughout every journey.

This permanent full-time role at the Transport department in Darlinghurst offers a stable career with NSW Health Mobility, salary of $68,396.19 per annum plus super and salary packaging, and opportunities to work across metropolitan, regional, and long-distance transports.

Qualifications

• A caring and customer-focused professional who is passionate about delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate patient care.
• A confident and responsible driver with a strong commitment to safety, compliance, and maintaining high vehicle standards.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to accurately complete documentation and incident reporting.
• Able to work independently, remain calm under pressure, and adapt to changing priorities across metropolitan and regional patient transport.
• A reliable team player who is flexible to participate in on-call rosters, embraces ongoing learning, and is committed to providing exceptional service every day.

Responsibilities

• Safely transport patients to and from healthcare facilities, providing compassionate, respectful, and professional care throughout every journey.
• Ensure vehicles are clean, roadworthy, fully stocked, and ready for service while maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.
• Accurately complete patient records, vehicle logs, and incident reporting, contributing to safe, high-quality patient care.
• Work independently across metropolitan, regional, and long-distance transport, applying sound judgement, fatigue management, and responding calmly to a variety of patient needs.
• Be part of a dedicated team by participating in on-call rosters, ongoing training, infection control practices, and supporting specialised patient transport when required.

Skills

Customer service

Driving

Organization

Independence

Teamwork

Job description

Role title: Patient Transport Officer

Role type: Permanent Full Time

Role grade: Patient Transport Officer

Department and location: Transport, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst

Salary: $68,396.19 per annum + super + salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots. Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth. Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep. Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Safely transport patients to and from healthcare facilities, providing compassionate, respectful, and professional care throughout every journey.
• Ensure vehicles are clean, roadworthy, fully stocked, and ready for service while maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.
• Accurately complete patient records, vehicle logs, and incident reporting, contributing to safe, high-quality patient care.
• Work independently across metropolitan, regional, and long-distance transport, applying sound judgement, fatigue management, and responding calmly to a variety of patient needs.
• Be part of a dedicated team by participating in on-call rosters, ongoing training, infection control practices, and supporting specialised patient transport when required.

About you

• A caring and customer-focused professional who is passionate about delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate patient care.
• A confident and responsible driver with a strong commitment to safety, compliance, and maintaining high vehicle standards.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to accurately complete documentation and incident reporting.
• Able to work independently, remain calm under pressure, and adapt to changing priorities across metropolitan and regional patient transport.
• A reliable team player who is flexible to participate in on-call rosters, embraces ongoing learning, and is committed to providing exceptional service every day.

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income.
• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements.
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes.
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives.
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre.
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care.
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships.
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations.
• Sponsorship / work rights for Australia: Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australian visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

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 [e-mail].

St Vincent's Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in 1857. Founded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent's is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD. Our founder, Mary Aikenhead's vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do. From modest beginnings, St Vincent's Health Australia is today the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities. The St Vincent's family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.

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