Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, Part Time and Casual, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Health and Security Assistant
Remuneration: $32.11 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ594981
Application Close Date: 24/08/2025
Interview Date Range: 27/08/2025 – 03/09/2025
Contact Details: Shane Smith - 0418 479 187 | Shane.Smith4@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Bankstown Hospital is seeking an attentive, approachable, and confident Security Officer to join our dedicated team. In this vital role, you will work alongside a multicultural team to provide a safe and supportive environment for our diverse patient base, visitors, and staff.
We are looking for an experienced security professional who can demonstrate exceptional professionalism and respect in their interactions. As a Security Officer, you will play a key role in assessing risks, mitigating harm, and responding swiftly to alarms and requests for support. Your ability to deliver excellent customer service while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all stakeholders is essential.
If you are ready to collaborate with management, clinical, and administrative teams to maintain a secure workplace, we invite you to apply now and become a valued member of Bankstown Hospital

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION IN NSW HEALTH, YOU MUST HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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Security staff work as part of a team, in collaboration with other staff, to assist with managing patients, to provide assistance to visitors, and to assist with protecting staff and securing the assets of South Western Sydney Local Health District.
The emphasis of the role in NSW Health is on assisting with the early identification, prevention and management of incidents. The Security staff provide a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors according to work health and safety legislation.
It is expected that security staff provide the highest possible standard of customer service and professionalism at all times.
NOTE: Security staff, like other NSW Health staff, must contact the police if there is suspected criminal activity on or around a NSW Health premises.
Security staff must not place themselves, or be expected by others to place themselves, at unnecessary risk in carrying out their duties. Where there are concerns about public safety the police should be called.