Health Service Officer | Full-Time Temporary With A Possibility Of Permanency

Classification:Health Service Officer Level 3
Salary: $59,421 - $61,238 (Retention Point CHS only $61,336 - $66,129) plus superannuation
Position No: 66159 - 02HRG
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 17 May 2024
Contact Officer: Stuart Couper on *************@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 5***

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Renal Medicine is currently seeking suitable candidates to fill the role of Health Service Officer in our Renal Dialysis services. This position is primarily based at Belconnen Dialysis Unit but may be required to work at other Renal Dialysis sites across the ACT depending on operational requirements.

The working hours for this position are 7:30am to 1:30pm, Monday to Saturday and may be offered part time to more than one candidate by negotiation. Applicants from this recruitment process may also be considered for an expected vacancy in afternoon/evening shifts operating 12:00 to 20:30, Thursday to Saturday.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Notes: This is a temporary position available for six months with Possibility of extension and/or permanency. This position is part-time at (36) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based Health Services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a Health Service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

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.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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This is a temporary position available for six months with Possibility of extension and/or permanency. This position is part-time at (36) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.

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