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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Tailem Bend
• WHD3 | Casual (up to 19 March 2027)
• Salary: $14.81 - $34.80 per hour + 25% casual loading
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as a Facility & Grounds Officer - Maintain Safe and Welcoming Health Spaces

Play a key role in keeping our health facilities safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, staff, and visitors. As a Facility & Grounds Officer, you’ll contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of both the interior and exterior of the health unit, ensuring operational efficiency and high-quality standards.

About the Role:

As the Facility and Grounds Officer, you will carry out a variety of general maintenance duties, including minor carpentry, painting, plumbing, mechanical work, and rubbish collection. You will also contribute to grounds maintenance, including garden establishment, irrigation system upkeep, pest and weed management, and the safe operation of equipment such as tractors and forklifts. You will assist in stock management, equipment maintenance, and provide guidance and on-the-job training to others.

This position offers the opportunity to develop and maintain practical skills across facility and grounds management while making a tangible difference to the environment and experience of everyone accessing the health unit.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in building and ground maintenance.
• Experience in the use of computer packages e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel.
• Experience in exercising own judgment and initiative in the day-to-day execution of a position.
• Experience and knowledge of plant and equipment operation and maintenance.

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:

• 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

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: 929524

Enquiries

Cindy Hein
EO/DON Meningie and Tailem Bend Hospitals
Phone: 8572 5800
E-mail: cindy.hein@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday 19th March 2027 - 11:55 PM

Attachments

929524 WHD3 Role Description

About Tailem Bend Workforce Factsheet.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines