Patient Support Assistant

We're excited to welcome a Patient Support Assistant (PSA) to our Operational Support Services team.

As a Patient Support Assistant improving the patient's experience is the focus of your daily tasks, both directly and indirectly. You will provide a safe environment by ensuring its cleanliness and provide staff with ready access to the clean linen, material and equipment. You will have the opportunity to interact with patients by moving them safely throughout the hospital and assist the clinical team to position and support their patients during the treatment and care.

Key Repsonbilities:

• Maintain a clean and safe environment in accordance with Infection Control Guidelines.
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled cleaning tasks as per task specification / procedures list.
• Assist clinical staff to position and support patients during treatment and care.
• Transfer patients throughout the facility including transfer of the deceased to the mortuary.
• Transfer materials, linen and waste.

Salary rates: $40.42 - $43.12 p.h. employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) (OO2) (casual positions available) Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

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https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/