AddressEmployment Type – Permanent, Full Time Position
Classification – Building Trade Assistant 4
Title- Building Services Officer
Position Number: 602496
Salary – $80,426 (Plus Super)
Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT
Section – Infrastructure
Closing Date – 14th May 2024
What can we offer you: ● City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
● Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
● Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
● Flexible working conditions.
● 11.5% Superannuation.
About the Hospital:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
About the role:
The purpose of the role is to maintain and over-see the general maintenance of Hospital plant and equipment defined by scope in this Position Description and ensure that compliance is achieved while completing all works.
FM are responsible for facilities management services across all North Canberra Hospital (NCH) properties (Acute and Non-Acute), buildings, plant and non-clinical equipment. These services include high quality and timely planned and reactive maintenance and technical trade skill repairs.
The Building Services Officer role reports to the Maintenance Manager and will undertake activities to support the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance, and repairs, for the North Canberra Hospital and other facilities managed by NCH across the ACT. The asset portfolio is a diverse and complex range of systems and essential infrastructure that support the critical nature of a Health service delivery model.
Under limited direction of the Maintenance Manager you will perform general maintenance duties across the Campus. The extent of this role includes but is not limited to the following;
You will:
• Installation of fixtures to walls- this includes the hanging of white boards and picture frames, soap dispensers, brochure holders and minor clinical brackets;
• Complete minor sanitary tasks such as unblocking sinks and toilets and other works associated as “dirty” works;
• Installation of ceiling tiles and minor ceiling repairs;
• Minor works on door hardware and locker locks;
• Minor works on all types of window blinds;
• Assist the Equipment Officer with various tasks and undertake any other general repairs or maintenance or cleaning tasks as directed by the Maintenance Manager;
• Work with the Facilities Team’s Tradesmen as required and;
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.
About you:
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Behavioural Capabilities
• Be flexible, adaptable and comfortable with a changing working environment;
• Have strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships across CHS and with external stakeholders;
• Be able to respond to and prioritise competing and often urgent requests in a calm and efficient manner, while maintaining high work standards and accuracy; and
• Have a commitment to achieving positive outcomes for clients and the CHS organisation.
Requirements/Qualifications:Mandatory
• Current ACT Drivers Licence
• The successful applicant may need to be available for weekend and after-hours work on a rotating basis.
Desirable
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
How to apply:
Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;
• Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees
• A maximum two page pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response.
• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident”
What you require:
These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience.
• Demonstrated ability in being able to triage multiple tasks in order to prioritise them into an agenda that not only ensures all tasks are completed but they are completed in the order of highest risk to the organisation first;
• Sound knowledge in minor maintenance and repairs;
• Sound knowledge in procurement of replacement parts and equipment;
• Ability to work in and along with a Team of Individuals within the Facilities Department that are of various skill levels and Trade backgrounds;
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced environment and “think on your feet”;
• Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Darrin Brown,
A merit pool will be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.
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