Health and Security Assistant

**Employment Type**: Casual
**Location**:Bateman's Bay
**Position Classification**: Health and Security Assist
**Remuneration**: $32.11 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: As required by the Health Service
**Requisition ID**: REQ602689
**Applications Close**:8 September 2025
**Interview Details**: Scheduled within 10 days of closing

**HEALTH AND SECURITY MASTERS LICENSE**

Master Licence name: Southern NSW Local Health District

Master Licence number: 410732063

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here We Are Southern

Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact the hiring manager - Emily Gregg should you require assistance.

**What we offer**
- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 12% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. A happy mix of seaside village and cosmopolitan towns surrounded by forests and waterways. Southern NSW LHD has an easy and relaxed charm, offers diverse and eclectic art, cultural and shopping experiences. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

**What you'll be doing**
You will form part of our multi-disciplinary care team, supporting the delivery of safe, patient centred care to a diverse population. This role works under the guidance of clinical staff providing general assistance in wards, portering patients within the facility/campus, undertaking cleaning duties and security duties as required under the direction of clinical staff.

**Selection Criteria**
- Current NSW Security licence (Class 1A minimum) and the ability to maintain the security licence and current Nationally Recognised Training (NRT) First Aid Certificate and ability to maintain the first aid certificate OR the ability and willingness to obtain NSW Security Licence(Class 1A minimum) and Nationally Recognised Training (NRT) First Aid Certificate within the first 3 months of employment.
- Knowledge of and willingness to support the provision of person-centred care in a health care environment.
- Experience working and communicating with people, having a friendly and respectful approach to people from all backgrounds.
- Physical capacity to perform the duties of the position including lifting and transferring patients.
- Demonstrated experience in conflict resolution and aggression management.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team and able and willingness to work to a 24 hour, 7 day roster.
- Demonstrated knowledge of responsibilities under Work Health and Safety Legislation, the Security Industry Act and the ability to read and follow instructions, policies, duty lists etc.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

**Australian Work Rights**

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