**_Take the next step in your career with this Manager role!_**:
- **_Great opportunity to develop your skills and grow within our team_**:
- **_Supportive and collaborative team environment_**
You will take pride in your work, have a friendly and positive work attitude and achieving high standards of cleanliness and customer satisfaction, in this fast paced and varied environment.
To be successful in the role you will have excellent customer service skills, proven leadership capabilities and understand the importance of hospital infection control & hygiene standards. This is a **hands on** role and successful applicants will be expected to assist on the floor as required
**Newcastle Private Hospital, where doing what you love means more.**
Newcastle Private Hospital is a 189 bed, acute, private hospital facility co-located on the John Hunter Campus at Rankin Park. The hospital has 11 theatres including a hybrid theatre and a 15 bed Intensive Care Unit. It also has a cardiac suite including a cardiac catheter laboratory and a 16 bed Coronary Care Unit. A private maternity suite including 6 birthing suites and a special care baby nursery is available for families in the Newcastle region.
We are also an integrated, multidisciplinary cancer service, offering chemotherapy and immunotherapies for both inpatients and outpatients in our 9-chair infusion centre and dedicated 10 bed oncology ward.
**As a Housekeeping Manager, your responsibilities will include**:
- Supervise day to day cleaning of patient rooms and public areas
- Manage rostering, staffing, stock, departmental budgets and supervision of the housekeeping team
- Ensuring a safe working environment for staff, doctors, visitors & patients
- Management of Linen, chemicals, waste, & associated contracts suppliers and contractors
- Ensure policies, procedures and safe work practices are upheld as per standards set out by Infection Control and WHS guidelines
- Conducting cleaning and Infection Control audits
**Essential Criteria**:
- Minimum of 3 years' management or supervisory experience within a hospital or hotel housekeeping/environmental services department
- Proven Leadership Skills
- Previous experience and proven competency in infection prevention and control
- Previous experience in a hospital environment is desirable
- Demonstrated experience in staff supervision and rostering
- Proven organisational and time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
**Why Healthscope?**
When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.
We offer:
- Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
- Discounted health insurance
- Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth
We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. **_Come and be the difference in our patient's lives._**
**Applications close: 10th March 2025