Manager - Orderly Services

**We’re currently seeking an Orderly Service Manager to join our Team at The Wesley Hospital in a permanent, full-time position.**
- For generations of Queenslanders, The Wesley Hospital has provided care through life’s journey — from birth into childhood, to adulthood and to end of life. As one of Australia’s iconic and largest private, not-for-profit hospitals, we’re proud of the valued role we play in the Queensland community. Here, more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff come together to provide care for our community.- We offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.**Your Role**:

- As the Orderly Services Manager and an integral part of the operational leadership team, you will lead your team by example to ensure the safe, effective, efficient and patient-centric delivery of clinical services.- Overseeing and monitoring the daily operational requirements and orderly workforce, you will work in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Nursing to set objectives for the department and monitor the training and education requirements of the orderly workforce.- Collaborating with the engineering and nursing teams to build and maintain effective systems to facilitate the management of equipment for maintenance and repair, you will also continuously evaluate work processes and implement changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care.- To be successful you will demonstrate:
- Experience in leading teams within an acute hospital environment
- Working knowledge of Infection Control and Workplace Health & Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge of processes to facilitate safe patient transportation and manual handling
- Knowledge of CARPS (transportation system/ program)
- Working knowledge of acute clinical (including procedural) environments and high-use clinical equipment
- Ability to judge concerns and escalate appropriately to facilitate safe and effective management and mitigate risk
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Good computer literacy
- Qualification and / or experience in a comparable leadership or management role desirable but not essential

**What we offer**:

- Together with Buderim Private Hospital, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital and St Stephens Hospital, we are part of UnitingCare, the largest not-for-profit provider of healthcare and community services in the state, and home to over 17, 000 employees and 9, 000 volunteers.- Our mission is to improve the health of individuals and their families. We differentiate ourselves by living out our values to optimise patient care and experience through committed and inspired leadership and the dedication of our people. We believe in rewarding and recognising our people through:
- Flexible work-life balance opportunities, including family-friendly rostering
- Increase your take-home pay with not-for-profit salary packaging options of $15, 900
- Employee Referral Program, refer someone to any UnitingCare Hospital, and when they are successful you’ll receive a $1,500 reward
- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities
- Extensive career progression opportunities across our hospital group
- One-on-one support from pastoral care team & employee assistance programs
- Access to _Inspire_ portal - discounts on hundreds of retailers, travel & accommodation providers
- Hospital admissions discounts as well as discounted health insurance & gym memberships
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**_ Please Note: _**:

- To ensure the health and safety of our people, and the clients, residents, patients and people we serve at Uniting Care Queensland, all staff are required to comply with statutory and Government requirements, such as public health directions, and Uniting Care's vaccination policy requirements, with respect to COVID-19 vaccinations. The successful applicant must be able to meet Uniting Care's mandate of receiving all recommended doses of approved Covid-19 vaccines (including boosters) approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the provision of Covid-19 Certificate before commencing employment._
- Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. We know that when our people feel respected and valued, we empower them to share that within the communities we serve and to provide the very best care._
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