Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time, Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Facilities Management, Health and Allied Health
Reference: 64780
**Our Support Services team is the "heartbeat" of Australia's first Heart Hospital**
As a **Monash Health** hospital, the **Victorian Heart Hospital** features a unique, patient centred model of care and is uniquely positioned to provide tailored cardiovascular care for all Victorians, and specialised life-saving procedures for our community. It provides inpatient and outpatient services, intensive care, cardiac emergency, surgical theatres, cardiac catheterisation labs, diagnostic imaging, cardiac clinics, rehabilitation, pathology and pharmacy. It also houses world-class Monash University and the Victorian Heart Institute research facilities, representing a powerful model of collaboration, innovation and excellence in cardiac care to change the story for cardiovascular disease in Australian and the world.
**General Services**
The **General Services** department at the **Victorian Heart Hospital** supports all areas and includes Patient Services Assistants, Environment Services and Porter teams. These teams are customer focussed and take personal pride in delivering an outstanding service.
**Patient Services Assistants**
**Key responsibilities include but not limited to**:
- Transfer and transport of patients throughout the hospital
- Use of lifting equipment, bed movers and wheelchairs
- Assisting nursing staff as requested
- Transfer and cleaning of ward equipment
- Department/Ward Cleaning
**Now Available**:
**Ongoing Role (76 Hours per fortnight + ADO)**
**Wednesdays to Sundays 7:00am - 15:30pm**
**About You**
**You're an amazing Support Services professional and experienced Patient Services Assistant who takes personal pride in your work and brings out the best in people. You're currently in hospitality or healthcare and ready to take the next step in your career.**
We invite you to join our friendly, hardworking team and showcase your ability to provide high quality, customer focused service to internal and external stakeholders. You will thrive and excel in providing efficient timely service delivery at our newly built cardiac facility.
To ensure your success in this role, you will have following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
- Certificate III Health Services Assistant (Essential)
- Previous experience as a patient services assistant _(Desirable)_
- Excellent understanding of patient identification procedures.
- Ability to comprehend and follow verbal and written instructions and procedures
- Able to undertake physical work including lifting, carrying and manual handling
- Good understanding of cleaning methodologies and infection control procedures
- A strong commitment to working effectively as part of a team and autonomously
- A "Can Do" attitude with the capability to problem solve and troubleshoot
- A positive attitude and drive to deliver excellent customer service
- Genuine interest in working with and caring for people
- Flexible approach to working in all areas as required
**Monash Health is a great place to work and grow your career in Healthcare**
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and iCare values.
**Join our world-leading Cardiac facility, featuring**:
- New model of cardiac care in the delivery of patient centred care excellence
- Architecturally designed sustainable building, filled with colour, natural light and space
- Cutting edge state-of-the-art technology, on-site education and world-leading research
- Dedicated leadership team fostering high performing talent within a tertiary hospital
- Best place in Australia to advance your career in Healthcare
- Victoria's largest public health service with over 22,000 employees
- Only healthcare organisation ranked in LinkedIn Australia's 2022 Top Companies List
- Opportunity to work closer to home and enjoy Melbourne's Southeast Lifestyle
- Salary packaging options, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing program, Free flu vaccinations, Private health insurance at discounted rates, + more
**How To Apply