Senior Security Officer
Casual Casual
Closes: 30 June 2024
Classification: Health Service Officer Level 6
Salary: $63,169 - $65,888 plus superannuation
Position No: C11886, several - 02DK1
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 25 September 2023
Contact Officer: Mark Enriquez on
mark.enriquez@act.gov.au
or
(02) 5124 5145
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Protective Services are seeking Casual Health Services Officers Level 6 for opportunities at both The Canberra Hospital and Dhulwa Mental Health Unit.
The Protective Services section is embedded within the Infrastructure and Health Support Services Division. Protective Services’ mission is to provide the necessary climate and mechanisms that will enable staff, patients and visitors at Canberra Health Services’ facilities to go about their daily activities without fear or intimidation by preventing crime and protecting persons and property.
As a Senior Security Officer you will ensure a safe and secure environment is maintained for staff and consumers at Canberra Hospital, the Dhulwa Mental Health Unit and non-acute sites by providing incident response, proactive security functions and enforcement of Canberra Health Services policy and directives.
As a Senior Security Officer, you are expected to be able to perform duties in all of the following work streams:
- General Duties which provides a dynamic capability to deter, detect and respond to security episodes. This may mean working as a lone Security Officer in an area or at a site where a higher level of decision making is required.
- Control Room / Pass Office which operates comprehensive electronic security systems including access control (electronic and mechanical), cameras, alarm monitoring, radio systems, intercoms and phones in a high-paced environment. A high degree of ICT knowledge is required to perform this role.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
Note: This position will be offered on a casual basis and the full-time salary noted above will be paid pro-rata.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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Note
This position will be offered on a casual basis and the full-time salary noted above will be paid pro-rata.