Lmh Theatre Sterilising Unit

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 878242
**Location**: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Surgical Specialties & Anaesthetics****:

- Elizabeth Vale**:

- **Salary**: $1,128.60 - $1,140.30 weekly **(pro rata)**:

- WHA4**:

- **Salary: $1,1550.00 - $1,166.60 weekly (pro rata) - WHA5**:

- **Permanent Part-Time**

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Sterilising Attendant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Sterilising Attendant within the Theatre Sterilising Unit.

**WHA4**:
To cover all duties of sterilisation services employees at the appropriate level associated with the operations of the Theatre Sterilising Department (TSU).
- Able to perform role with limited supervision.
- Ability to work individually or as part of the team.

To be eligible for this position, you must:

- AQF Certificate III relevant to employee's position.

**WHA5**:
To decontaminate process and supply the wards, departments and Operating Rooms with appropriately sterilised trays, equipment and instruments.

Responsible for identifying, rectifying faults and problems within the Department in line with the Standards for the Operation of Sterile Supply Services and the Australian & New Zealand Standards 4187. Responsible for providing an effective and efficient external Sterilising service for participating agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must:

- AQF Certificate III relevant to employee's position and at least 560 hours satisfactory in service experience.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Job Ref**:878242

**Enquiries**

Janet Lyle

Nurse Manager

Phone: 8182 9313

**Application Closing Date**

27 September 2024 - 11.55PM

**Attachments**

Role Description

878242 - Sterilising Attendant - WHA4 - Role Description.pdf

878242 - Sterilising Attendant - WHA5 - Role Description.pdf

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible worki