Services Assistant - Gawler

SA Health; Town of Gawler; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Salary packaging benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Health & Fitness Benefits: Fitness PAS

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

SA Health’s Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network invites you to join Gawler Health Service as a Services Assistant. This permanent part-time role (28 hours/week across a 7-day roster) covers catering, cleaning and laundry, on a supportive team focused on compassion, safety and efficiency.

You’ll rotate shifts across mornings, afternoons and nights, with salary packaging, wellbeing programs, and development opportunities. Relocation assistance may be negotiated for eligible applicants.

Qualifications

• You will need to be immunised.
• You will need to undergo employment screening.
• We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a range of vital support duties including food preparation, cleaning, laundry and stock handling to keep daily operations running smoothly.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently, following clear instructions while adhering to infection control and WHS standards.
• Provide respectful assistance to patients, clients, and staff, maintaining confidentiality and supporting culturally safe and inclusive care.
• Contribute to a positive, team-focused workplace by participating in training, quality improvement, and helping identify opportunities for better service delivery.
• Enjoy variety in your work with a rotating shift roster covering mornings, afternoons, and nights, seven days a week.

Job description

Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network Gawler Salary: WHD2 $1,261 - $1,284 per week (adjusted to hours worked) + Penalties + Super + Benefits Ongoing/Permanent, Part-Time (28 hours per week across a 7-day roster).

Join our dedicated team at Gawler Health Service and play an important behind-the-scenes role in delivering a safe, welcoming, and comfortable environment for patients, residents, visitors, and staff. As a Services Assistant, you'll enjoy a varied role across catering, cleaning and laundry services, working as part of a supportive team that values collaboration, kindness and respect. This permanent part-time opportunity offers excellent work-life balance with flexible rostered shifts across a 7-day service. You'll be part of a workplace where your contribution is genuinely valued, with access to salary packaging benefits, health and wellbeing programs, professional development opportunities, and the chance to build a rewarding career within SA Health.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network runs from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (this position is in Gawler). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

From heritage streets to riverside walks, boutique shopping and relaxed cafe moments, Gawler invites you to slow down, wander a little further, stay a little longer and discover the stories around every corner. Just 43 km north of Adelaide and on the edge of the renowned Barossa Valley, Gawler blends historic charm with vibrant local culture. Planned in 1839 by William Light, the town is rich in character, with grand stone buildings, historic pubs and beautifully preserved streets.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Do you take pride in being part of a team that delivers essential support services with compassion, helping to maintain a safe, comfortable, and respectful environment for every patient?
• Are you someone who values teamwork, shows kindness and respect to everyone you work with, and brings a flexible, can-do attitude to every shift?
• Do you understand the importance of confidentiality and culturally safe care?

WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?

At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day. We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness.

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Undertake a range of vital support duties including food preparation, cleaning, laundry and stock handling to keep daily operations running smoothly.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently, following clear instructions while adhering to infection control and WHS standards.
• Provide respectful assistance to patients, clients, and staff, maintaining confidentiality and supporting culturally safe and inclusive care.
• Contribute to a positive, team-focused workplace by participating in training, quality improvement, and helping identify opportunities for better service delivery.
• Enjoy variety in your work with a rotating shift roster covering mornings, afternoons, and nights, seven days a week.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised.
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

NEED TO RELOCATE?

• At Barossa Hills Fleurieu we offer you financial support to relocate if you need to move.

Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/