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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Waikerie
• WHA2 | Casual (up to 22 January 2027)
• Salary: $30.85 - $31.17 per hour + 25% casual loading
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as a Services Assistant (Casual) – Support Clean, Safe and Welcoming Care Environments

Play an important role in supporting patient care by helping maintain high standards of cleanliness, catering, and hygiene within the health unit. This casual role offers flexibility while allowing you to contribute to a positive experience for patients, staff, and visitors.

About the Role:

As a casual Services Assistant, you will provide a timely, efficient, and effective service across catering and cleaning functions within the health unit. Your duties may include the preparation, service, and delivery of meals to clients, along with general housekeeping tasks to ensure a clean, safe, and welcoming environment. You may also be required to assist with laundry duties as part of the role.

This position is well suited to reliable, flexible individuals who enjoy working as part of a team and take pride in delivering essential support services within a healthcare setting.

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.

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: 924988

Enquiries

Murray Dalgleish
Director of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: 8541 0555
E-mail: Murray.Dalgleish@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday 22nd January 2027 - 11.55 PM

Attachments

924988 WHA2 Role Description.pdf

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

About Waikerie Workforce Factsheet.pdf

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