Instrument Technician

**Title**:Instrument Technician

**Location**:Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128**Job Posting Date**:27 Oct 2024Do you work for Eastern Health currently? If so, please log in to Eastern Health Careers Employee Login using your network login details to see the full range of jobs available to you

**Instrument Technician - Grade 4**- Permanent Part Time | Experience work-life balance-
- Blackburn | Carparking on site-
- 2 Theatres Monday - Friday | Expanding to 4 theatres in January 2025**Eastern Health**
- Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan - which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.**About the role**
- Eastern Health Blackburn is a friendly, team orientated, culturally diverse Unit that is expanding from a two theatre complex to four theatres in the new year. We have a brand new CSSD department and are looking for someone experienced to join our team. Eastern Health Blackburn is a busy two theatre surgical centre that has specialties including general surgery, Gynaecology, colorectal, and breast/endocrine. Theatre three and four will open in the new year with additional specialties including orthopaedics, ENT, vascular and oculoplastics.- This position requires the Instrument Technician to perform duties related to the Sterile Processing Services including cleaning, decontaminating, packaging, sterilizing, managing stock, distribution and documentation of instruments & equipment in line with Australian Standards.- The Instrument Technician assists the Nursing Staff with the efficient and smooth management of the Sterile Processing Unit.**About you**
- To be successful in this role you will possess:- Demonstrated superior knowledge and understanding of sterilising methods and infection control
principles.-
- Demonstrated experience in the Perioperative and other areas in the hospital and CSSD department with
superior and extensive knowledge of instruments and consumables-
- Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience-
- A strong commitment to high quality care-
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team-
- Excellent communication and organisational skills- Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.**What we offer**
- Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here-
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities-
- Friendly & supportive team-
- Flexible working hours-
- Salary packaging options-
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals**Next Steps**- **Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- Contact Person: Alison Lynch- Contact Number: 91398721-
- Job Posting End Date: 11/11/2024- Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]**Our Values in Action**:

- Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day