Job Description:

• Kew location, close to public transport
• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 8:00am – 2:00pm
• 36 hrs per week

About the Role
You will deliver efficient and responsive cleaning and housekeeping services at our Caritas Christi campus. Areas include offices, resident rooms, common and clinical areas.

• Waste Removal: general waste, clinical and sharps waste, recyclables and confidential waste as per waste management policies. Restocking of bins and sharps containers as necessary
• Floor Maintenance: sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, scrubbing, polishing, buffing and steam cleaning floors.
• Detail dusting/damp wiping: all low & high reach areas including fixtures fittings, equipment, vents and walls and sinks
• Bathrooms: including toilets, hand basins, shower rooms/baths and facilities
• General Tidiness: maintain general tidiness of public and all service areas.
• If required, deliver meals & beverages to residents

The classification for this position will be PS21 ($57,002 per annum pro-rata)

Your Contribution

• Experience in cleaning (preferably in a health care environment)
• Experience in floor care maintenance, including steam cleaning, polishing and buffing (desirable)
• Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Able to work under minimal supervision
• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Staff Health Centre
• Discounts and Promotions available through our Foundation

About the Support Services Team

Become an integral member of the dynamic Support Services team and assist our teams in the delivery of excellence across our many services including cleaning, patient ward support, patient food production and delivery, clerical ward support, patient transport and car parking services across our sites.

About the Palliative Care Team at Caritas Christi

Palliative Care is the active total care of people whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Care is delivered by coordinated medical, nursing and allied health services that are provided, where possible, in the environment of the person's choice.

St Vincent’s palliative care service encompass a new purpose built 20 inpatient bed unit at Caritas Christi at Kew, which opened August 2021; a hospital based Palliative Care Consultancy Service; and the Centre for Palliative Care, a leader in research and Education. 

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

 Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

 SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact Details:

SSA Coordinator Grant Scolyer

Alternate Contact:

Closing Date:

15 April 2025 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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