Service Assistant

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 892297
**Location**: 5223 - KINGSCOTE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Kangaroo Island Health Service**:

- **Salary: WHA-2 $1,084 - $1,095.10 per week (Pro-rata)**:

- **Temporary Part-time position**working 28 hours per week up to 7 April 2025, over a 7 day roster**

**Overview**

Service Assistant

This is a unique opportunity to work on Australia's picturesque Kangaroo Island as a Service Assistant.

**The Role**

Kangaroo Island Health Service currently has a permanent part-time position open for the hotel services sector of the hospital and aged care facilities. we are looking for someone who is willing to work in cleaning and catering. Duties may include the preparation, service and delivery of food to clients, and general housekeeping.

**Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network**

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network borders each of the four Adelaide metropolitan Local Health Networks, providing services to the largest population group of all regional local health networks in South Australia.

With an employed workforce of over 3000 people, the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is unique and geographically diverse, from peri-urban sites near Adelaide, to our wider regions, and the picturesque Kangaroo Island. This landscape sets us apart in the way we interact with metropolitan and state-wide health services and influences the expectations of our consumers and communities.

Gifted with stunning coastlines, rolling hills, adventure, and culinary delights, the Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN on Kangaroo Island has a lot to offer. Whether you're into food and wine, nature, water sports, adventure, a tree or sea change or looking for a family friendly place to call home, you'll find it here.

**Eligibility & Requirements**

The successful applicant will hold the following essential minimum requirements:

- A current driver’s licence and a willingness to drive on country roads.
- Flexibility and commitment to participate in a rostering system (including weekends as required)
- At minimum, a limited level of experience in the areas of housekeeping, cooking/catering and laundry.
- Experience working with Aboriginal consumers
- A basic knowledge of safe working conditions, Food Safety Standards and Infection Control Standards (including cleaning and sanitising processes).
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

**Desirable**
- Successful completion of Year 11 High School or equivalent
- A current First Aid Certificate
- Experience in the areas of housekeeping, cooking/catering and laundry

In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (Direct Contact with blood or body substances)**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

**For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found**here**

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:892297**

**Enquiries**

Name: Natalie Henderson

Title: Services Supervisor

Phone: 0437 087 190

**Application Closing Date**

**7 February 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM**

**Attachments**

892297 Role Description WHA2 Services Assistant Catering Utility Laundry Kangaroo Island.pdf

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**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.