• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Laura
• Salary $28.53 - $28.82 per hour + 25% casual loading - WHA2
• Annual Casual Intake 2025/2026 - multiple positions available
• Eligibility Open to Everyone 

Overview

We are now accepting applications for the 2025/2026 annual intake for casual Services Assistants to join our dedicated services team at Laura and District Hospital.

As a Services Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining the highest standards of catering, cleaning, and general housekeeping within our health unit. Your duties will include:

• Preparing, serving, and delivering food to clients with care and efficiency.
• Ensuring the cleanliness and tidiness of our facilities to create a safe and welcoming environment.
• Undertaking laundry duties to maintain hygiene standards.

Required Skills and Experience:

We're looking for candidates with the following skills and abilities:

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
• Flexibility in adapting to different work settings and schedules.
• Demonstrated capability to meet deadlines and handle time-sensitive tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a knack for relating to individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion in sensitive situations.
• Effective written, verbal, and numeracy skills.

While prior experience is beneficial, we welcome candidates with limited experience who are eager to learn and grow. Basic knowledge in the following areas is desirable:

• Housekeeping, cooking/catering, and laundry.
• Understanding of safe working conditions, food safety standards, and infection control protocols.
• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service.

Important Information

This vacancy is for multiple casual positions, working hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked on a casual shift by shift basis.

In addition to the salary and entitlements (superannuation), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here. 

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network.

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Click here to find out more about working with Yorke and Northern 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)

• 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 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: 909969

Enquiries

Ryan Ackland
Executive Officer / Director of Nursing
Phone: 08 8667 2211
E-mail: ryan.ackland@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

8 August 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Attachments

 909969 - Services Assistant WHA2 Laura Role Description.pdf

 JCS+Cleaner+Domestic+final (1).pdf

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