Ward Assistant

7 months ago

Ballarat, Australia Ballarat Health Services Full time

**Ward Assistant**
**Central Allocations Unit - Casual**
**PS21**
**About Grampians Health**
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

**About the role**
The Ward Assistant role is highly active and fast paced. You will have the ability to multi task, manage competing priorities and be self-driven while working mostly unsupervised. The role requires you to provide non-medical assistance to staff and patients in the Acute sector of Grampians Health Ballarat.

Successful applicants will be required to work across a variety of shifts: 8.00am - 4.30pm, 4.30pm - 9.00pm and 9.00pm - 7.30am. Paid training is offered to successful applicants.

To maintain your position with the Central Allocations Unit, a commitment of 4 shifts per fortnight is required.

Casual bank is managed by the Central Allocations Unit which operates 7 days a week. Grampians Health uses an electronic rostering system which matches staff for shifts based on their availabilities via text / phone call.

Casual bank shifts can be offered within short time frames, therefore to be considered for this role you must be living in the Ballarat region.

You will be required to provide 2 referees, one being your current direct manager and the second another manager / supervisor.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Maintaining accurate availability in our electronic rostering system and accepting shifts based on availability
- Cleaning patient areas, bathrooms, equipment and utility rooms in the clinical ward environment
- Prepare patient beds for admission
- Attending to general housekeeping duties as required by the clinical ward
- Transfer medical equipment, patient files and results between departments according to hospital protocol and as directed
- Transporting specimens to pathology department as directed
- Maintain stock levels of linen and non-medical supplies
- Participate in annual performance reviews
- Commitment to ongoing mandatory education

**Skills and experience**
- Demonstrated high level communication to be able to interact with a wide variety of individuals
- Demonstrated ability to function within a team
- Demonstrated person-centred care and respectful approach to patients, visitors and staff
- The ability to prioritise work
- The ability to work with limited supervision
- Demonstrates ability to be involved with change management processes and be supportive with the implementation as directed by the manager
- Current Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtain

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefit**
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Paid orientation
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**How to apply**
Click **APPLY** or contact the CAU Recruitment Team on 5320 6577 for a confidential discussion.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
- Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people._
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**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Our casual bank staff are frequently required to fill shifts with little/short notice. Please detail your current availability, and how many shifts per week are you able to commit to?
- Essential : Please describe your previous experience relevant to the Ward Assistant position?
- Essential : Describe a time when you went above and beyond your job requirements to achieve an objective. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
- Essential : Describe a situation in which you identified a problem and took action to correct it rather than wait for someone else to do so. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
- Essential : Tell us about something you’ve done to encourage a peer/coworker to take responsibility for improving their own work standards. (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was).
- Essential : What does person centered care mean to you? Can you provide us with a specific example of a time when you demonstrated person centered care?
- Essential : Tell us what each of the following values mean to you and

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