Chief Cardiac Technologist - Bankstown Hospital - Temp FT/PT
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- Cardiac Technician
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- REQ561528 Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time or Full Time, up to 38 hours per week until September 2026
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Chief Cardiac Technologist
Remuneration: $60.10 - $66.49 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ561528
Application Close Date: 30/03/2025
Interview Date Range: 02/04/2025 – 09/04/2025
Contact Details: Rui Gomes – (02) 9722 8587 | Rui.Gomes@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Are you an experienced and dedicated professional ready to lead the way in cardiac diagnostics? We are seeking a Chief Cardiac Technologist (CCT) to provide strategic leadership and oversight for our non-invasive cardiac diagnostics department. This role is integral to ensuring the highest standards of patient care, establishing and refining operational protocols, and fostering a collaborative and innovative workplace culture.
As the CCT, you will lead and support a team of cardiac technologists, technicians, and nursing staff, ensuring seamless coordination of patient care. Your responsibilities include performing high-quality cardiac ultrasounds, supervising diagnostic procedures, and mentoring staff in a fast-paced and challenging environment. Beyond clinical expertise, your leadership will drive resource efficiency, accreditation compliance, and the professional growth of your team.
Why Join Us?
At SWSLHD, our vision is to deliver safe, high-quality, and personalized care while empowering our staff to achieve their full potential. In this role, you will play a key part in transforming patient and staff experiences through innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence.
If you have a postgraduate qualification in Cardiac Ultrasound, ASAR accreditation, and more than five years of hospital-based experience, we invite you to bring your leadership, resilience, and expertise to our team. Join us in making a meaningful impact on the health of our communities today and into the future.
Apply now to lead our specialized cardiac diagnostics unit and contribute to exceptional care for patients with complex cardiac conditions.
What You'll be Doing
The Chief Cardiac Technologist (CCT) provides leadership of all aspects of the non-invasive cardiac diagnostics department and takes overall responsibility for the standard of patient care in the unit and the development of operational protocols in addition to performing cardiac ultrasounds and other regular duties of a cardiac technologist to a high standard. The CCT is pivotal to the coordination of patient care, unit management and leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care and efficient use of resources. This includes management of the cardiac technologist, technician and nursing staff in the unit
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Cardiac Ultrasound or equivalent and ASAR Accredited Cardiac Sonographer along with extensive recent practical experience.
- Experience or demonstrated knowledge of performing and interpreting ECG's, Exercise Stress tests and Holter Monitors, and willing to partake in training if required.
- Demonstrated experience in service development with proven ability to develop, implement and assess protocols and procedures pertaining to cardiac ultrasound.
- Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner including effectively managing conflicts and difficult conversations when required.
- Demonstrated understanding and application of risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor/support cardiac sonographers including provision of effective support.
- Ability to organise workload to ensure staff and equipment are utilized efficiently and effectively.
- Demonstrated proficiency with computer skills and software programs especially powerchart eMR.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
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Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
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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