Environmental Services Team Leader

Take your skills to the next level as part of the Ramsay Team! A key leadership opportunity in a permanent full-time role!

About the Role: 

We are seeking an Environmental Services Team Leader to lead our Environmental Services team in maintaining a clean, safe, and hygienic hospital environment. This is a permanent full-time position responsible for overseeing daily operations, coordinating staff, maintaining cleaning standards, and ensuring compliance with infection prevention, workplace health and safety, and hospital policies.

You will lead by example, foster a positive team culture, and drive continuous improvement to support high-quality patient care.

Key responsibilities: 

• Lead, support, coach, and mentor the Environmental Services team.
• Coordinate daily staffing and work allocations to meet operational needs.
• Monitor performance and assist with recruitment, onboarding, and training.
• Ensure patient, clinical, public, and non-clinical areas meet hospital cleaning standards.
• Conduct quality inspections and audits, adjusting workflows to meet service demands.
• Ensure compliance with infection prevention, WHS, accreditation, and hospital policies.
• Promote safe work practices, including appropriate use of PPE, chemicals, equipment, and manual handling techniques.
• Collaborate with nursing, clinical, maintenance, and infection prevention teams, and communicate daily priorities to staff.

About You: 

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Experience in hospital environmental services or healthcare cleaning.
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• A commitment to quality, safety, and infection prevention standards

What’s in it for You:

At Ramsay, we care for our people by offering benefits that truly support your career, wellbeing and lifestyle, including:

• Grow your career with recognition programs, employee referral bonuses, scholarships, free access to LinkedIn Learning and the Ramsay Leadership Academy
• Save more every day with Ramsay Rewards, giving you exclusive deals at 100+ retailers, restaurants, travel providers and more
• Enjoy peace of mind with lower hospital cover costs and higher extras limits on services like General and Major Dental, plus pharmacy and allied health discounts
• Find balance through flexible rostering options, flexible leave and access to free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support 24/7
• Increase your take-home pay through salary packaging and novated leasing, plus discounts on leisure travel, gyms and lifestyle services.

Why Join Ramsay:

At Ramsay Health Care, “people caring for people” is at the heart of everything we do. We are:

• Australia’s largest private hospital operator, with over 74 sites and 35,000 staff
• A values-led workplace where you’ll be supported personally and professionally
• A place with flexible, permanent and career-growth opportunities nationwide.

Additional Information

• Must provide or complete a National Police Check conducted within the previous 12 months.
• According to the role, Ramsay may require a Working-With-Children Check and proof of immunisation against infectious diseases.

Apply:

All applications must be lodged online.

Applications close: 4th September 2026

Reference number: JR114640