Trades Assistant, Queensland Health

1 day ago

Kingaroy Queensland, Australia Department of Health - Queensland Full time $45,000 - $60,000 per year

Join the team at Darling Downs Health in Kingaroy as a Trades Assistant and play a vital role in maintaining safe, functional healthcare environments. If you're hands-on, safety-conscious, and take pride in quality workmanship, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in your community.

What your day will look like….

You'll be part of a close-knit maintenance crew, supporting skilled tradespeople with a variety of tasks—from assembling and repairing hospital equipment to keeping records up to date and ensuring every job meets safety and quality standards. Whether you're handling tools, solving practical problems, or flagging issues that need attention, your contribution helps keep the hospital running smoothly. You'll work independently and collaboratively, knowing that your efforts directly support patient care and staff wellbeing. Every task you complete reflects the values of Darling Downs Health—respect, integrity, compassion, and accountability.

Let's talk about you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

  • Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
  • Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
  • Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
  • Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
  • Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

  • Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
  • A diverse work culture
  • Career development
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Education opportunities, Study and Research
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Discounted Private Health Insurance
  • Fitness Passport
  • Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
  • Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

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