Support Services Coordinator

St Vincent's Health Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 76,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee counselling

Healthy work/life balance

Fitness Passport access

Salary packaging

Promotions and development

Culture of continuous improvement

Job summary

St Vincent’s Health Australia is seeking a part-time Coordinator at Berengarra, Melbourne. The role oversees daily operations of Support Services across Food Services, Environmental Services, Porters and Cleaners, ensuring audits, rostering, training and OH&S compliance are met.

You’ll lead a team, manage documentation, and support quality outcomes in a hospital setting. The successful candidate will have Food Safety Supervisor Certificate, PSA certificate, experience in a similar role, and NDIS

Qualifications

• Food Safety Supervisor Certificate HLTFSE005 & HLTFSE007 required.
• PSA Certificate or equivalent required.
• Previous experience in a similar role in a hospital setting.
• Experience in Environmental Cleaning in a hospital setting.
• Current NDIS check or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Provide complete service to meet activity, quality and service standards.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Support Services department.
• Supervise all team members and ensure quality outcomes.
• Lead Food Services, Environmental Services, Porters and Cleaners.
• Manage rostering data and ensure documentation and procedures meet standards.
• Coordinate inpatient menus and input data into the inpatient menu system.
• Oversee centralized food service system and participate in meal plating.
• Ensure monthly audits for cleaning, food and surveys are completed.
• Maintain stock levels and complete orders; ensure cleaning schedules are kept.
• Ensure OH&S processes are followed and staff issues escalated to Manager.

Skills

Food Safety Supervisor Certificate HLT

PSA Certificate or equivalent

Experience in similar role

Environmental Cleaning in hospital

NDIS check

Job description

Job Description Summary

Excellent benefits including salary packaging Kew location Part time fixed term opportunities available: 30 hours per week PM shift; OR 12 hours per week PM Shift

About the Role

• Coordinators provide a complete service to meet activity, quality & service standards by performing tasks in line with established duties list and standards within the Support Service Service Department.
• They are responsible for the day to day operations of the department.
• Coordinators are responsible for daily supervision of all team members and quality outcomes.
• Lead and direct all areas within Support Services. This includes Food Services/Environmental Services/Porters/Cleaners.
• Daily staff replacement and maintaining all data based staff rostering systems.
• Ensure all documentation and procedures are maintained to abide by Food safety Standards and programs.
• Collect and collate all inpatient menus and data input into inpatient menu system.
• Oversee the daily food service centralised system and participate in meal plating.
• Ensure all internal audits for cleaning, food, food surveys are completed monthly.
• Ensure all orders are completed and stock levels maintained.
• Ensure all daily cleaning schedules are maintained.
• Ensure all staff training is undertaken and up to date.
• Ensure all OH&S processes and procedures are completed as required.
• Ensure all staff issues are reported promptly to Manager.

Classifications for this position will be Coordinator: GN1 ($76,442 per annum pro rata).

Your Contribution

• Food Safety Supervisor Certificate HLTFSE005 & HLTFSE007.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Current PSA Certificate or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a commercial cook chill kitchen.
• Previous experience in Environmental Cleaning in a hospital setting.
• A current NDIS check, or willing to obtain.

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs.
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling.
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities.
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation.
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals.
• Culture of continuous improvement.

About Berengarra

Aged Care 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. Berengarra welcomed its first residents in March 2021.

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.

Closing Date: 16 November 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.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.

Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).