Operational Officer
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Posted 22 days ago
Role details
The Rural Operational Services at the Proserpine Hospital is seeking applications for an Operational Officer to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
This is a multi-skilled position, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing support services for a patient centred health care environment including cleaning, linen services, food services assistant, removal of waste, transportation of patients, equipment and materials around the hospital. This position will require the ability to achieve the required quality and safety standards that are set within the department initiative and sound judgement, exercise a degree of autonomy and to work with and provide support for supervisor operational service.
About the Team
The Whitsunday Health Service is made up of two facilities: The Community Health Campus – Cannonvale and the Hospital Campus – Proserpine. The hospital is a 33-bed acute hospital, which offers a number of specialty inpatient and outpatient services. The Community Health Campus offers a range of Community Health services provided by a multi-disciplinary team.
The Support Services Department plays an important role in supporting the delivery of a quality and cost-effective support service to the Mackay Hospital and Health Service. A wide range of functions are covered by the team, including service delivery roles within the Proserpine Hospital.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
About Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.
Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.
What do we do?
Every day in Queensland Health:
• $29.980 million is spent on public health services
• 603 women are screened for breast cancer
• 1,309 people receive residential care in 20 aged care facilities
• 120 babies are born in acute public hospitals
• 760 callers are given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13HEALTH
• 70 health services provide clinical consultations using state-wide videoconference technology.
• 6400 patient meals are served every day in Brisbane’s public hospitals alone.
• And much more!
In addition, $7 billion is being spent to build and expand our hospitals and health services for communities across the State, creating 40,000 construction jobs.
For a full list of our services, please visit http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/default.asp
Queensland Health also works with the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) to deliver quality health services to Queenslanders. DOHA's responsibilities cover general practitioners, Medicare, immunisation, aged care, implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network, private health insurance, pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), mental health, after hours GP helpline, and a range of other initiatives. More information on what DOHA does can be found here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-overview.htm
To provide better patient outcomes, Queensland Health links with a number of organisations, community groups, and General Practitioners. Queensland Health is committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. The Health Services Information Agency’s (HSIA) role is focused on delivering and sustaining critical information services and innovative technology solutions to support delivery of healthcare services for Queenslanders. The Agency is currently transitioning to become a commercialised business unit within the Department of Health. The core behaviours of our team are based on collaboration, innovation and customer focus. Queensland Health’s Health Services Information Agency is one of the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the state. In particular, we deliver: - Reliable access to Queensland Health's major information systems through a wide variety of desktop computers, laptops, personal computing devices and telephones. - Leadership and guidance in identifying and resolving the information and technology implications of changes in healthcare. - Innovation and ICT solutions and programs such as eHealth. - Leadership in the development and implementation of information management and ICT strategies, policies and standards. - Facilitation of governance to ensure the greatest health care value is obtained from investments that leverage information and ICT.
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