Domestic Services Assistant
Malvern location
Part Time and Casual positions available
We’re building for the better!
By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.
At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well-resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.
About the Role
The Domestic Services team manages the cleaning of each Cabrini facility, including our hospitals located at Malvern and Brighton, as well as our health facilities located at Elsternwick. The Domestic Services Assistant (Cleaner) is responsible for cleaning and maintaining safe and attractive facilities. You will also make a positive difference by joining a leading not-for-profit healthcare service provider.
Key responsibilities will include:
Cleaning and servicing patient rooms and associated areas
Ensuring all equipment is cleaned
Using all equipment in a safe and efficient manner, adhering to relevant policies, procedures, and protocols
Working with other hospital team members to optimise the safety, care, and overall experience of our patients
Permanent part-time role (3-4 days per week), mostly Monday-Friday, with a preference for flexibility to work weekends as required. AM/PM shifts are available: 8AM-4PM or 2PM-10PM. The role will be predominantly day-based with flexibility to work afternoon or evening shifts as needed.
Casual position, shifts available across Monday-Sunday AM/PM, flexibility to work a range of shifts throughout the week.
About you
This role will suit an experienced cleaner with experience gained in a domestic or commercial environment. We are looking for flexibility throughout the week as well as the following:
Responsiveness and proactive, thorough approach to tasks
Strong customer/patient service focus
High level attention to detail and a flexible approach to work with a great work ethic
A team player, with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues
Self-motivated and reliable with excellent personal presentation
Well-developed communication skills including proficiency in written and spoken English
Why join Cabrini?
Opportunity to increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging up to $18,850 per year tax free
Attractive hourly rates plus 13% superannuation, 17.5% annual leave loading (for permanent roles)
Access to a range of staff benefits including retail offers, fitness passport, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
Opportunities for career growth and professional development
Hospital located close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fares (for permanent roles)
Interested? To view the full position description click here or direct enquiries to John Wayne on 9508 8506
Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.
Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.
As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.
Skills Required
- Experience as a cleaner in a domestic or commercial environment
- Flexibility to work across weekdays, weekends, and varying AM/PM shifts
- Strong customer and patient service focus
- High attention to detail and flexible approach to work
- Strong work ethic, reliability, and self-motivation
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Well-developed written and spoken English communication skills
- Satisfactory professional references and National Police Check
- Annual influenza vaccination
- Working with Children Check if requested
What We Do
Welcome to Cabrini Health Cabrini is owned and operated by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who came to Australia in 1948 to take over the management of a 45-bed community hospital named St Benedict’s. Cabrini now has more than 800 beds and a comprehensive range of health services. There are acute facilities at Malvern and Brighton. The Cabrini Institute supports education and research, in order to continually improve the quality of care and educate tomorrow’s health professionals. Cabrini Technology provides an innovative, independent information and healthcare technology service to organisations throughout Australasia and has headquarters in Mount Waverley. More recently, Cabrini has established an Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub in Brunswick, which provides access to a range of health services for people seeking asylum and newly arrived refugees. Cabrini is a not-for-profit health service and all surpluses are used to develop our services and facilities to provide the best possible care for patients and families. Cabrini supports and operates a number of other programs for disadvantaged people in our community. Patient care is the primary focus of our work and at the heart of all we do
