Theatre Technician

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Permanent Part-time position

About Central Gippsland Health

Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a sub-regional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire.

CGH is located in the City of Sale which is 215 km east of Melbourne. The City of Sale is an ideal access point for the magnificent Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach and the Victorian Alps.

CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond. The service provides beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield).

Acute services include a full-time emergency department, critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, three operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services in addition to general medical and services and sub-acute services including rehabilitation.

CGH also provides aged care and community services in the Wellington Shire and beyond.

We operate four residential aged care homes located in Sale, Maffra, and Heyfield delivering high-quality, person-centred care in supportive and homelike environments.

CGH provides a wide range of community-based services that support people to remain healthy, active, and independent in their own homes. This includes the provision of Support at Home, Commonwealth Home Support Programs, and other in-home services tailored to individual needs.

Our integrated model of care is supported by a multidisciplinary allied health team offering physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, speech pathology, and social work. We also provide accessible public dental services to enhance community wellbeing.

CGH is also a leading teaching hospital, affiliated with Monash University's School of Rural Health and provides placements and clinical experience for students.

CGH encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to consider application to this position.

About Department

The Perioperative Unit is located at the Sale Campus and comprises 3 Operating Rooms, 1 Endoscopy room, a Day Procedure Unit and Central Sterilising Supply Department. General Surgery plus specialties such as Orthopaedics, Urology, Eye, Ear, Gynaecology and Obstetrics are conducted at CGHS.

About the Role

As a member of the Perioperative Services Team, the Operating Theatre Technician works cooperatively within the team to assist in the care, preparation and transportation of the surgical patient according to standards and policies of the department. The role also includes assisting staff in achieving and maintaining high standards of quality care and service, reliability and safety through the setting up of operating theatres, cleaning and maintaining operating theatres and equipment and assisting with the positioning and transport of patients. There is also an expectation to contribute to the on call roster over the weekends which is one weekend per month.

Duties

Transportation services for patients and clinical supplies

Ensuring any urgent specimens are correctly handled correctly recorded and delivered to pathology in a timely manner

Transporting patients as required with dignity and respect in a professional manner

Attending to other requests as required by staff

About You

Qualified Theatre Technician Grade 4 or working towards relevant qualification with at least 6 months experience and willingness to work in beautiful Gippsland

Energetic and a great communicator

Able to maintain privacy and dignity for patients and staff

Salary Packaging– Increase your take home pay

Employee Assistance Program

Staff Car Park

Culture of continuous improvement

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application noting your relevant qualfication or experience

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate andobtaining a Working with Children Check.

At CGH we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive.We encourage applications from all backgrounds and abilities, with inclusion being essential to our mission and reflective of the community we serve.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be source

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1. Your application will include the following questions:
2. How many years' experience do you have as a Theatre Technician?
3. Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
4. Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
5. Do you have a current Police Check (National Police Certificate) for employment?
6. Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment medical check?

Central Gippsland Health Service is the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire. We serve an immediate population of approximately 42,000 in Central Gippsland, and reach a wider community in East Gippsland n terms of more specialised services such as perinatal services, critical care and surgery.

We are unusual being both a sub-regional and an integrated health service, providing a broad range of primary, secondary and tertiary services, including a near comprehensive range of HACC services, through to adult intensive, coronary care and level 2 neonatal care.

The current focus of the health service is to use our integration and break down the traditional program barriers and service delivery silos that have flourished, in order to develop a highly efficient system that responds to people's needs by placing them at the centre of a service delivery system focused on supporting them to achieve their goals and aspirations, consistent with the principles embedded in the "active service model'.