Environmental Services Assistant

2 days ago

Geelong, Victoria, Australia St John of God Health Care Full time $56,636 - $58,366

Your role at St John of God Geelong Hospital

Provide operational support to the Environmental Services Team leader to ensure high standards of cleaning, great patient experience and positive culture. Support the caregivers in environmental services by role modelling best practice and positive culture, coaching and supporting the caregivers.

The Position:

  • Promote and role model a strong service excellence culture to support the Mission of SJGHC.

  • Promote safe, efficient and cost-effective work practices.

  • Maintain the highest levels of personal presentation, customer interaction, communication and teamwork.

  • Conduct audits in accordance with established procedures.

  • Assist with rostering and filling shifts to cover planned and unplanned leave.

  • Lead and provide support for teams

  • Address incorrect practices and poor behaviour and escalate serious performance matters to the Environmental Services Team leader.

  • Assist with the training of new caregivers and provide ongoing coaching and training to team members.

  • Support and assist Environmental Services Team leader in implementing change and business improvement projects.

  • Promote safe, efficient and cost-effective work practices and assist with the monitoring of established performance indicators.

  • Provide high quality cleaning in clinical and non-clinical areas of the hospital in accordance with cleaning protocols and procedures.

  • Maintain a high standard of customer service through friendliness, speed and efficiency.

  • Report any maintenance issues and tag out unsafe equipment in line with established procedures.

  • Remove soiled linen and rubbish from designated areas in accordance with cleaning protocols and procedures.

You will have significant experience in cleaning in acute hospitals or similar roles and the ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate good organisational skills.

To succeed you will have a commitment to customer service and an understanding of and ability to apply occupational health and safety principles to ensure own safety and that of others in the workplace.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

  • Salary: $56,636 to $58,366 (pro rata for part time) plus 12% superannuation

  • Permanent part time position

  • Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

    • Novated leasing

    • work related expenses

    • self-education and

    • additional superannuation

  • A welcoming and supportive culture

  • Dynamic multidisciplinary team

  • Discounts on hospital services and health insurance

  • Additional professional development

For enquiries, please contact Cheryl Green, Team Leader Environmental Services on

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

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