Sterilising Technician

Join our skilled team reprocessing reusable medical devices, ensuring safety and quality for the Greater Newcastle Sector

Remuneration: $34.02 – $35.53 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging
Location: The Maitland Hospital
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time and Permanent Part Time opportunities available
Requisition ID: REQ544096
Applications Close: Sunday 19th January 2025

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• ADO's each month (for full time employees)
• Salary packaging options
• Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

 
About the role:

This role will see you undertake the day-to-day tasks involved in the decontamination, inspection, packaging, sterilisation, and process verification of reusable medical devices. You will be responsible for providing optimum reprocessing services to the Greater Newcastle Sector. You will work as a part of our skilled multidisciplinary team and will receive comprehensive onsite training and ongoing support.

Where you’ll be working:

Maitland Hospital is part of the Lower Hunter Sector of Hunter New England Health. Our facility provides a range of comprehensive services across Medical, Surgical, Mental Health, Dental, Renal, Maternity and Child services, including one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country. We have 8 operating theatres and cover surgical procedures within the specialties of General, Endoscopy, ENT, Paediatrics, Urology, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Orthopaedic elective, and trauma. Maitland Hospital operating theatres operates across 7 days with emergency access 24 hours a day. The Central Sterile Services Department works closely with the Operating Theatre providing a high-level service in sterilising instruments in a timely manner and to a high standard.

About You:

We are looking for someone with proven management experience in a healthcare facility, with a strong understanding of sterilising services.

A passion for quality improvements and service enhancement projects that drive departmental and organisational success will also get you far in this role.

Requirements:

• Sterilisation Technology Certificate II or III in health service assistance (sterilisation services) or equivalent qualification and relevant experience in sterilisation services department within a healthcare facility

 
Additional Information:

• To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 
• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
• This position is full time; however, part time arrangements will be considered.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.  

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For role related queries or questions contact Katie Peattie on Katie.Peattie@health.nsw.gov.au