Description : Ward Assistant. Company : Ballarat Health Services. Location : Australia

Ward Assistant
GEM Unit, Ballarat
Permanent part time
48 hours per fortnight

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities.

Our communities are diverse – as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

About the role

Grampians Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Food & Domestic Services Assistant in the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit. Duties will include assisting with food service, cleaning and other duties as required. Working within a multidisciplinary team you will be expected to facilitate and foster best practice and service delivery to our patients and their families within the Unit

Successful applicants will possess a high degree of flexibility, initiative, have an eye for detail and a willingness to learn.

The successful applicant must be able to provide a high standard of work and have excellent communication skills. The ability to work well with others in the team is important, as is the ability to work without supervision when required.

Successful applicants will be expected to work across a 7 day a week roster which may include public holidays.

Skills and experience

• Food Handling Certificate (HLTFS207C - Follow Basic Food Safety Practices).

Grampians Health Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballart is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

How to apply

Click APPLY or contact Karen Moran, Nurse Unit Manager, on 03 5320 3784 for a confidential discussion.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.

Selection Criteria

• Essential : Have you successfully attained HLTFSE001 – Follow Basic Food Safety Practices?
• Essential : Describe a procedure you have used to keep track of items requiring your attention. Tell me about a time when you used this procedure (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was)
• Essential : We’ve all been in situations in which we couldn’t complete everything we needed to on time. Tell me about a time when this happened to you (Looking for: the situation, what you did, why you did it and what the outcome was)
• Essential : Tell me what each of the following values mean to you and how do you demonstrate each value at work? Collaboration, Accountability, Innovation, Respect, and Compassion.
• Essential : What does patient centered care mean to you? Can you give us an example of when you have demonstrated patient centered care?
• Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
• Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?