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Operational Officer Reliever
Mount Isa
Variety, Flexibility & Purpose - Join Our Operational Services Team!
Join our Operational Services team and play an important role in supporting the delivery of healthcare services across Mount Isa Hospital. This flexible position provides leave coverage across a variety of service areas, offering diverse work, a supportive team environment, and the opportunity to make a real difference to patients, staff, and visitors every day.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Health Service Support |
| Classification | OO2 |
| Workplace Location | North West Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MI690535 |
| Closing date | 03-Sep-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent, Full-time |
| Contact person | Michelle Connolly |
| Contact details | (07) 4744 4461 Access the National Relay Service |
About the role
As an Operational Services Officer, you'll provide essential support across multiple service areas within Mount Isa Hospital.
Working within a dynamic 24-hour, 7-day environment, you'll contribute to the smooth day-to-day operation of hospital services while helping maintain a safe, welcoming, and efficient healthcare setting.
Working with us
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
- In your downtime, we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
- Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
- PLUS, access to the Training, Education and Professional Development Incentive funds.
Requirements
- The position may require successful applicants to undertake continuous shift work and to work all shifts in accordance with the unit roster across all areas of operational services including Catering Services, Wardsperson, Laundry Services and Cleaning Services.
- Physical ability to carry out frequent and repetitive lifting, manual handling of goods and patients.
- Adhere to Uniform Dress code for the Health Service.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Michelle Connolly on (07) 4744 4461.
Applications close: Thursday, 3 September 2026.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Documents
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