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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Tumby Bay Health Service
• Salary: $28.53 - $28.82 per hour + 25% casual loading - WHA2
• Casual positions available (up to 16 February 2026)

Join Our Team as a Services Assistant at Tumby Bay Health Service!
Are you looking for a rewarding role in a friendly, community-focused environment? Tumby Bay Health Service is seeking a Services Assistant to join our casual pool. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the cleanliness, catering, and overall smooth running of our health services while working within a supportive team.

About the Role
As a Services Assistant, your key responsibilities will include maintaining the cleanliness of the facility, preparing and serving meals to patients, and assisting with laundry duties. You will ensure a safe and clean environment by performing tasks such as mopping, dusting, washing, and window cleaning. You may also assist with food preparation, including preparing meals and delivering food trays to patients. Your role will support the overall functioning of the hospital, contributing to the comfort and well-being of our patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness across Tumby Bay Health Service
• Perform general cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, and rubbish disposal
• Assist with laundry duties, including collection and delivery of linen
• Support catering tasks like meal preparation and food delivery to patients
• Work independently and as part of a team, ensuring efficient service delivery

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy.  We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Applicant Information

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.

Check(s)

• 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 A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

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: 888693

Enquiries

Application Closing Date

31 December 2025, 11:55PM

Attachments

888693 Services Assistant - Role Description.pdf

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