About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

We provide an integrated network of services through:

• The Queensland Children's Hospital
• The Child and Youth Community Health Service
• The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
• Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
• Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

Your Opportunity:

The position of Cleaning Manager plays a vital role in upholding the reputation of the organisation by creating a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for employees, patients, and visitors alike. Being a high-quality service, which offers a timely, responsive, and pro-active system for a clean and hygienic environment and the movement of waste, as well as being a service that maintains patient confidentiality, is reliable, helpful, and responsive to the needs of hospital. The manager will be proactive in identifying areas for improvement and implementing innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

This position will:

• Manage Cleaners and Patient Support Officers with Queensland Childrens Hospital (QCH) and surrounding facilities - Centre for Children's Health Research (CCHR), Bank Building, Queensland Childrens Hospital Energy Plant (QCHEP)
• Lead Cleaning and Waste team by promoting a quality ethos, maintaining awareness of contemporary industry practices including Accreditation, National Standards, technology and maintaining standards of best practice.

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.