The Royal Children's Hospital

Maintenance Officer

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

  • Imagine a career filled with purpose and possibility
  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Fulfilling work that fits around your life

Employment Type: Part-time
Location: Ballina

We are looking for a full-time Maintenance Officer to join our maintenance team at our Ballina facility. This role will be to support and manage the team with labouring duties associated with general maintenance activities, to ensure the aged care home is always looking and operating at its very best.

Responsibilities Include

  • Work as part of a dynamic team to provide reactive and planned preventative maintenance
  • Work to established best practise and maintain homes to the highest standard
  • Working in a Busy team environment with no day the same
  • Working alongside contractors where relevant, ensuring all work carried out to compliance requirements
  • Carrying out General maintenance and repairs; this may include patching & painting, replacing globes and all aspects of basic building maintenance
  • Ensuring all paperwork, documentation and system processes are adhered to

Preferred Attributes

  • Previous experience in a maintenance role, aged care preferable but not necessary
  • Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail & excellent communication skills
  • A current NSW driver's license
  • Computer skills
  • Ability to interact with the elderly residents on a day to day basis

It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid RSL LifeCare Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.

Our commitment to diversity:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.
We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

Location

RC Ballina

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
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