Services Assistant

SA Health
Job reference: 926988
Location: 5330 - WAIKERIE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Waikerie
• WHD2 | Full/Part Time Contracts | Ongoing
• Multiple Positions Available
• Salary:****$1,261.93 - $1,284.87 per week (pro rata)
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as a Services Assistant - Support High-Quality Care Through Essential Health Services

Make a meaningful impact by ensuring the smooth operation of health services through timely and efficient catering, cleaning, and laundry support. This role offers the opportunity to work as part of a dedicated team, contribute to a safe and welcoming environment, and support the wellbeing of patients, clients, and staff.

About the Role:

As a Services Assistant, you will provide essential support to the health unit, including preparing, serving, and delivering food, performing general housekeeping duties, and assisting with laundry as required. Your contribution ensures that the health facility operates efficiently and maintains high standards of hygiene, comfort, and patient care.

What We’re Looking For:

• Limited experience in the areas of housekeeping, cooking/catering and laundry.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.

Applicant Information

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 926988

Enquiries

Murray Dalgleish
Director of Nursing and MidwiferyPhone: 8541 0555E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date

26 August 2026 - 11:55 PM

Attachments

926988 WHA2 Role Description

About Waikerie Workforce Factsheet.pdf

JCS+Catering+Kitchen+Attendant+Pantry+Hand+final.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines

Applications close: 26/08/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.