**Employment Type**: Casual
**Position Classification**: Health and Security Assist
**Remuneration**: $31.02 per hour + 11.5% Super
**Location**: Singleton District Hospital
**Requisition ID**: REQ521552
**Applications Close**: Monday, 7th October 2024
**Master Licence Number**: 407686382
**About the role**:
We are seeking a dedicated Health and Security Assistant to join our team at Singleton District Hospital. In this role, you will play an important part in supporting patient care and ensuring a safe environment within our facility. Your responsibilities will include assisting in patient care and inner facility transfers, maintaining cleanliness to high standards, and addressing security issues, including patient restraints. Working under the direction of registered nurses, you will be involved in lifting and moving patients, ensuring personal hygiene needs are met, and performing cleaning duties as per established practices to uphold infection control measures.
You'll be responsible for portering tasks such as patient transfers and handling of medical waste, while also ensuring the availability and safety of oxygen cylinders and responding to security alarms as needed. Your role will also involve managing challenging patient situations with professionalism and wearing appropriate protective gear in compliance with health and safety regulations. As part of our team, effective communication and teamwork will be essential in delivering efficient and effective service.
**Where you'll be working**:
Singleton sits on the northern edge of the Hunter Valley wine region. This pretty riverside town has many well-preserved historic buildings, museums, and an impressive new arts centre, and is surrounded by bushland and national parks.
**What we can offer**:
- Orientation will be provided and supported by our Clinical Nurse Educator.
- Education will include required site-specific orientation and manual handling techniques.
- Fitness Passport.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.
**Requirements**:
- Class 1A Security Licence under the Security Industry Act, 1997, including a First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain within the required timeframe.
**Additional information**:
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
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**Information for Applicants**:
**This is a Category A position**. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with **NSW Health policy directive **PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases** for Category A positions prior to offer. **All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
**_HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of _**_benefits _**_such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses. _**
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