The Team

North West Regional Hospital is a key healthcare provider for the Northwest community, delivering a broad range of services with a strong focus on patient‑centred care. Within this environment, the Attendant Services Department plays a vital role in supporting essential patient support, transport, emergency response, and general orderly services within the hospital environment.

As part of this team, Attendants works closely with nursing, medical, and allied health staff to assist with patient transfers, lifting and positioning, transport between departments, and maintaining patient equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches.

Together, our services focus on delivering excellence in care for our consumers, supporting our workforce, and strengthening the health of the Tasmanian community.

The Role

Working on a casual basis, this role involves rotating shift work year‑round (365 days), including early morning, afternoon shifts and night shifts. The roster spans weekdays, weekends, and public holidays, ensuring essential services are maintained at all times.

With routine supervision provided by the Medical Orderly Services Coordinator, the Attendant role is responsible for:

- Provide general patient support and orderly services, including protected patient transfers, positioning, lifting, movement of equipment and patient aids, and assistance to nursing and medical staff.
- Support hospital emergency response and security operations by participating in emergency codes, assisting with security personnel, acting as an Area Warden, and providing directed assistance during Code Blue, Code Red and Code Black responses.
- Undertake a range of hospital support duties, including medical gas ordering, theatre attendant services, basic plaster assistance, safe handling of deceased persons, and maintaining patient equipment, while contributing to quality, safety, safeguarding and Work Health & Safety processes.

You will need
- Demonstrated ability to safely assist with patient transfers, positioning,



manual/mechanical handling and the use and maintenance of patient aids and equipment.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare and emergency response team, including remaining calm and responsive during emergency situations.
- Commitment to quality patient care, customer service, workplace safety and safeguarding, with the capacity to undertake duties appropriate to the classification, qualifications and experience of the role.

Note
- Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment

Fixed term, casual, position working as and when required, commencing as soon as possible for approximately 12 months.
- Notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary

$70,033 to $75,114 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
- Salary range is in accordance with Health and Human Services award.

Benefits available to eligible candidates
- Professional development and accelerated pathways.
- A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
- Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $14.50 per week per person, or $28.05 for a family.

More information about our Employee Perks can be found here Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents





We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.

Statement of Duties

- Attendant OHO3.PDF

Application Guide
- Applicant Guide.docx

How to apply Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1–2-page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

- applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role

For more information Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Name: Nick Groom

Position: Medical Orderly Services Coordinator

Email address: [email protected]

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