Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Burwood Hospital is in Sydney's inner west and has continued to provide personalised private mental health care in a supportive environment for over 60 years. We provide a compressive range of outpatient and inpatient services. The hospital has a strong reputation for perinatal mental health, having established the first mother and baby unit in Sydney.

Your role at St John of God Burwood
We are seeking applications for an Environmental Services Coordinator to join our team at Burwood on a permanent full-time basis.

This role is responsible for leading the environmental services team to provide a high standard of cleaning, waste management and linen supply to meet the needs of the hospital. In addition, provides appropriate supervision and leadership to the team, resolving operational issues in a timely manner and escalating unresolved issues, and manages the rosters, pays and other operational activities.

The Position

• Develop and maintain a strong service excellence culture in the Environmental Services team to support the Mission of SJGHC.
• Resolve operational issues in a timely manner and in support of the wider hospital operation.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders within the hospital and actively engage with them to ensure responsive servicing that meets the needs of the hospital.
• Lead and provide daily management for the Environmental Services team and physical resources, including direct leadership during peak periods.
• Periodically review, re-evaluate and revise caregiver tasks, procedures and duty statements to meet the needs of the services we provide.
• Coordinate performance reviews and coaching for Environmental Services caregivers to ensure their knowledge, skill and attitude are aligned with the goals of the service and the Mission.
• Prepare rosters and manage leave balances and productivity hours to ensure efficiency and cost-effective resources within budget.
• Run training sessions, in-services, meetings, tool-boxes and ensure online and face to face training is completed on time to keep all Environmental Services caregivers informed, well trained and ready for their duties.
• Ensure that any agency staff and contractors are suitability trained, inducted and supervised for their duties, and any issues are reported to the HSM and the agency manager.

The ideal candidate will possess proven team leadership skills in Environmental Services and the ability to work independently while fostering a collaborative environment. A thorough understanding of cleaning and infection control standards in healthcare is essential.

To succeed, you will demonstrate experience in staff training, development, and roster administration. You will also possess prior experience implementing service metrics (e.g. key performance
indicators) and monitoring effective service delivery to maintain the highest standards of service and quality.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $76,280 to $86,350 plus 12% Superannuation
• Permanent full-time, working 38 hours per week
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

For all enquiries contact Mark Carroll, NSW Facilities Manager on 0460 573 550.

If suitable candidates are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.