Housekeeping Attendant

**Job no**: 502243
**Work type**: Casual
**Location**: Redlands
**Categories**: All other

**About the role**

Mater Private Hospital Redland is seeking a Housekeeping Attendant/Night Cleaner to join them on a casual basis with availability across a 7-day roster. You will be responsible for providing effective and efficient support services to our patients, including assisting with non-therapeutic aspects of patient care based on a consumer-focused philosophy and in accordance with hospital policy.

This role requires the incumbent to adhere to the Mater behavioural standards including the Values, Code of Conduct, Credo, Mater Private Person Charter and any other relevant behavioural standards. **Availability across a 7-day rotating roster (Day shift from 6:30am to 6:00pm and Night cleaning from 6:00pm to 02:00am)**

**Salary range: $30.48 per hour (+ casual loading) plus 11.5% superannuation and**access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900** +**access to many staff benefits**

**Role Responsibilities**:
The key tasks of the Support Services Housekeeping Attendant/Night Cleaner are:

- Cleaning of patient rooms and public areas.
- Night Cleaning of the Operating Theatre, CSSD, Recovery areas.
- Safely transport patients and equipment.
- Transport blood products as required.
- Removal of soiled linen, rubbish and sharps containers.
- Safely driving the patient transportation vehicles.
- Conduct all other duties as specified in the Housekeeping Attendant/Wardsperson duties document.
- Other duties as requested from time to time outside of the Housekeeping Attendant/Wardsperson duties document.
- Perform infectious room cleaning and other cleaning duties as requested by supervisor.
- Ensure the safety of all people in the hospital by adhering to Work Place Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- Clean body fluid spillages within hospital infection control guidelines.
- Segregation of waste according to waste management protocol.
- Actively comply with Hospital and Departmental Policies & Procedures.
- Actively participates in own self development and performance management.
- Actively support and participate in continuous quality improvement activities by participating in audits and trials, providing suggestions and attending relevant meetings.
- Successfully complete annual mandatory education.
- Determine the priority in which tasks are completed.
- Promote a safe and harmonious workplace for patients, visitors and staff.

**About you**
- Availability across a 7-day rotating roster (mandatory).
- Previous experience in a cleaning role in a healthcare, hospitality, or commercial cleaning environment. (Desirable)

You will have basic understanding of, or the ability to acquire knowledge of workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity, bullying and harassment and anti-discrimination legislations, practices and behaviours as applied in the working environment.

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland's largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that's because we employ exceptional people. **#MAKEYOURMATERMOVE**
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
- Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

**Applications close on (one weeks after advertising date).**_Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW_

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
- For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater, please visit o_ur _Reconciliation webpage_._

**Advertised**: 06 Jan 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 13 Jan 2025 E. Australia Standard Time