Theatre Technician

Reference Number
- 60125
- Employment Type
- Full Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Operating Suite Moorabbin
- Location
- Moorabbin Hospital
- Position Summary

**About Monash Health**

**About the Role**

Our specialities are ENT, Urology, Gynaecology/Onc, Breast Surgery, Dental and orthopaedics.

The Theatre Technician team has a commitment in delivering excellent quality service and engendering towards best practices.

Theatre Technicians provide efficient, high quality service and care in patient focused environment through effective and committed teamwork in a safe working environment.

The position is responsible for:

- Transporting patients to and from the operating room
- Positioning and preparation of patients for surgery
- Setting up each operating theatre with specialty/surgery specific equipment
- Ensuring all equipment is functioning and correctly maintained
- Cleaning of equipment in accordance with Monash Health and manufacturers guidelines

**About You**:

- Participate and co-operate in consultative processes to improve health and safety
- Observe safe working practices and as far as you are able, protect your own and others’ health and safety
- Manage staff through effective recruitment, retention recognition and development strategies, ensure there are effective consultation and communication processes in place
- Monitor the operations and continuous improvement of the Monash Health Occupational Health and Safety Management System within area of responsibility and provide a safe and positive workplace
- Provide leadership and support for direct reports, appraise their performance, ensure staff complete required training and are provided with professional training and development opportunities
- Complete all necessary personal training and professional development requirements.

You are required to have:

- Grade 1-3 Theatre Technician is a Certificate III in Health Service Assistance (Operating Theatre Technical Support)
- Grade 4 Health Service Assistance (Operating Theatre Technical Support) or equivalent

**Monash Health employee benefits**:

- Salary packaging
- Onsite subsidised staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
- Access to professional development courses and seminars

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
- Contact Person
- Name
Position
Phone
- **Carol Jackson**

**NUM**

**99288200**
- Advertising Closing
- 26/04/2023