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SalaryEmployment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until August 2024
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: General Admin Grade 8
Remuneration: $1,500.67 per week
Requisition ID: REQ463991
Application Close Date: 11/02/2024
Interview Date Range: 14/02/2024 – 21/01/2024
Contact Details: Amy Morrison – (02) 9722 7346 | Amy.Morrison@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced General Services Coordinator to join their team.
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in providing leadership and direction to the Patient Services Supervisor (PSS) and Materials Handling Supervisor (MHS), ensuring effective operational management.
Responsibilities include overseeing cleaning, transport, and patient care duties, ensuring fair task allocation, troubleshooting, and meeting agreed KPIs.
The General Services Coordinator will also be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleaning services in both patient and non-patient areas, overseeing waste management activities, and ensuring compliance with WHS standards. Additionally, the role involves managing customer inquiries, complaints, and issues, providing regular reports to the General Services Manager, and collaborating with peers in various areas such as finance, procurement, HR, and risk management.
In this dynamic role at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, the General Services Coordinator will also be responsible for the recruitment and selection of vacant positions, effective orientation and induction of staff, and ongoing training and education in facility policies and procedures. The coordinator will review and monitor the department's staff establishment, labor hours, rosters, and manage leave requests.
With a focus on maintaining high-level cleaning and patient support services, the role involves the reallocation of services at short notice to meet patient flow demands and balancing operational and strategic objectives, including regular environmental and waste service audits as per policies. The General Services Coordinator will contribute to the overall efficiency, performance, and customer-focused culture of the hospital.
What You'll be Doing
To lead a team and supervise the day to day operational activities within for Patient Support Services and Materials Handling team at Bankstown Hospital.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Demonstrated experience in the operations and supervision of staff within a large complex healthcare organisation
- Demonstrated skills in leading a culturally diverse team, including well developed people management and engagement skills
- Demonstrated ability to achieve business outcomes and the flexibility to adapt to changing role requirements as the organisation develops and expands
- Demonstrated ability to undertake analysis and develop solutions for day to day challenges in an operational environment, including an understanding of business and financial concepts as they relate to day to day work and an understanding of relevant legislation, policy and professional standards, which are in the areas of waste management, supply distribution, infection control, cleaning, patient transfers and care and work health & safety
- Demonstrated experience in the use of windows based programs such as word and excel, and the ability to use electronic devices
- Previous experience or the knowledge and understanding of hospital based systems such as HealthRoster and Stafflink.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
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