Shift Coordinator - Night Shift

Coordinate essential operational services and support quality patient care overnight.

Temporary part-time opportunity working 7 days on, 7 days off, from 10:30pm to 7:00am. Lead and coordinate Operational Services while supporting a safe, high-quality service for patients, visitors and staff.

Your new role:

As the Shift Coordinator, you will provide leadership and operational coordination across the night shift, ensuring essential Operational Services are delivered safely, efficiently and to a high standard. You will supervise Operational Support Officers, coordinate daily activities and provide support to staff while assuming responsibility for the service in the absence of the Manager of Operational Services.

You will:

• Coordinate and supervise Operational Support Officers across the night shift, ensuring workloads are prioritised and services are delivered effectively.
• Support and oversee essential operational activities including cleaning, porterage, patient handling and related services.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to staff, including contributing to staff performance and development.
• Work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams to maintain a safe, respectful and patient-focused environment.

About you:

We are looking for a confident and capable leader who can work independently, use initiative and effectively coordinate a team in a busy healthcare environment. You will bring strong communication skills, a practical approach and a commitment to delivering quality services to patients, visitors and staff.

You will have:

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and supervise staff and take responsibility for a service in the absence of a manager.
• Knowledge and practical ability in cleaning, porterage and patient handling, including the use of relevant equipment and supporting staff training.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to demonstrate care, consideration and respect when working with patients, the public and colleagues.
• Ability to prioritise competing workloads, meet deadlines and work independently or collaboratively while maintaining quality and safety standards.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital:

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine.

We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027.

QEII Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.