Theatre Assistant

**Theatre Assistant/Orderly**

**Lake Macquarie Private Hospital** is seeking enthusiastic and motivated **Theatre** **Assistants/Orderly** to join their team Permanent Part-time and Casual Positon available.

This is a Monday to Friday service. No Weekends

Shifts are 8hr or 10hr to accommodate flexible roster.

**About the Role**

To succeed in this role, you will bring proven experience in a Theatre environment and hospital setting. Your strong communication and interpersonal skills will enable to provide exceptional service to our patients along with the ability to manage conflicting priorities in this busy and fast-paced environment.

Theatre Assistants play an essential role in the smooth running of our Cath lab and theatres and help us maintain our exceptional levels of care.

**About You**

While experience is not necessary in this role, an interest in patient care is essential to succeed in this role. You will have excellent communication skills and a willingness to develop a working knowledge of hospital procedures. You will be a motivated, positive individual and demonstrate a high level of attention to detail. Willingness to learn and to be trained as a hospital orderly.
- Perioperative environment.
- Transporting patients to and from Cath lab to recovery, wards, day surgery unit.
- Assisting nurses to prepare and position patients for procedures.
- Assisting nurses to clean and change over procedure room between cases.
- Infection control practices and clinical waste management essential.
- Knowledge of Manual Handling practices
- Stock management (collection and distribution of stock throughout department)

**You will also bring**:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effective within a team environment and independently
- Excellent patient and customer service focus
- Be available for a range of shifts across a 5 day rotating roster
- Prior experience in a similar role (Desirable)

**About Ramsay**

Lake Macquarie Private Hospital is a 187-bed acute Advanced Surgical and Medical Hospital situated on the Pacific Highway at Gateshead, 15 kms south of the Newcastle CBD. The hospital is owned and operated by Ramsay Health Care Limited, the largest operator of private hospitals in Australia. Specialties include Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, General Surgery (including Colorectal), Breast Surgery, Plastics, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Vascular and Oncology.

Ramsay is global operator of private hospitals and primary care clinics with 72 Australian sites employing over 30,000 people. We have been focused on delivering high-quality patient care and practising the Ramsay Way philosophy of ‘People Caring for People’ since 1972.

Benefits of working with Ramsay include:

- Professional Development - Grow your career across our national network
- Flexible work practices to ensure we can support each employee’s unique work-life balance.
- Industry discounts across private health insurance, retail services, financial services and more.

**Remuneration**

**$ 29.00 - $ 30.50** + superannuation based on experience level and qualifications, exclusive of penalties or allowances.

**Requirements**:
Everyone who joins Ramsay:

- Must be **vaccinated against Covid-19, **including a third dose if required under State health orders
- _Must provide a _**National Police** check conducted within the previous 12 months
- According to the role, Ramsay may require a **Working-With-Children** check and **proof of immunisation** against infectious diseases