Theatre Technician

**Theatre Tech Set-up**
- **Discounted parking and Meals**
- **Fulltime and part time opportunities available**

Do you want to become part of our Healthscope’s Perioperative Service Department team?

Due to Theatre expansions, Brisbane Private Hospital is currently seeking experienced Theatre Technicians to join our Perioperative Unit on a part time or full time basis.

As a member of our team, you will play an important role in providing high quality service to theatres and other clinical areas.

**About us**:
Brisbane Private is a 181 bed acute and rehabilitation hospital with 17 operating theatres conveniently located above the Roma Street Parklands. Specialties include neurosurgery, orthopaedics, spinal, plastics, urology, ENT, Rehabilitation and general surgery and delivery of Brisbane’s leading private drug and alcohol programs from Damascus Health Services.

**As Theatre Technician, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)**:

- Delivering excellent service and care to patients
- Assisting with Team time out, correct site surgery and patient positioning
- Setting up and preparation of the operating theatre prior to surgery
- Ensure all equipment is functioning properly, correctly positioned in theatre and maintained
- Undertake designated cleaning tasks certifying a high standard of cleanliness is maintained utilising standard precautions, between cases and end of list

**Essential criteria**:

- Certificate III/IV in Health Services Assistant (Operating Theatre Technician)
- Minimum 12 months’ experience in the perioperative setting as a Theatre Technician
- Sound knowledge of theatre equipment and safe practices
- Previous experience in providing safe and appropriate patient care in clinical environment
- Working in a team environment - including taking accountability, working to national standards, guidelines and hospital policies & taking directions from senior staff when needed
- Possess organisational skills and completes documentation to a high standard
- Ability to troubleshoot problems when they arise
- Sound and effective communication skills
- Ability to work in a physically demanding role

**Why Healthscope?**

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care.

Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. We work together to create positive, memorable experiences, alongside our quality care, in every moment of every day.

As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for. Healthscope opens the door to endless opportunities for our people, giving them the flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.

We encourage the pursuit of continuous professional development and education and support our people to grow and flourish securely.

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

While our hospital network is vast, Healthscope is a family. We support each other, we share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together.

**You’ll also benefit from**:

- Flexibility work arrangement to support work-life balance
- Discounted health insurance (permanent staff)
- Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth
- Access to Employee Assistance Program

We pride ourselves on working with **talented, passionate and caring** people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other, share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together.

**_ Come and be the difference in our patient's lives_**

**Applications close**: 13th December, 2023