Operating Assistant

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time or Permanent Part Time
**Position Classification**: Operating Assistant Theatres
**Location**:Nepean Hospital
**Remuneration**: $31.28 - $32.10 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: up to 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ579225

**Applications Close**: 18/06/2025
- With _**_CORE _**_Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._

**About Us**
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

A Fabulous opportunity is available to join the team in Theatres at Nepean hospital as an Operations Assistant in a permanent full time or part time position.

The Operations Assistant supports health professionals in the delivery of patient care. Under the direction of medical and nursing staff. The Operations Assistant maintains and provides equipment that assists in patient care delivery and is responsible for the transportation of perioperative surgical patients throughout the facility. The Operations Assistant will be required to work shifts, on a 24/7 rotating roster, including weekends and public holidays.

**Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees**
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) for Full Time Employees
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

**What you will bring to the role**
- Previous experience in one or more areas of this role - preferably working with people in a care setting, undertaking cleaning duties, manual handling and/or providing general assistance in a health or aged care setting.
- Be able to meet the physical demands of the position as listed in the physical requirements in the position description.
- Good communication skills in English - both written and verbal. Ability to communicate effectively across a multi-disciplinary work environment upholding the CORE principles of the organisation.
- Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of Work Health and Safety and Safe Work Practices, including safe manual handling and display a thorough knowledge of Infection Control guidelines and policies.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, completing set tasks effectively.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team, supporting others and taking directions from supervisors or other staff as appropriate.
- Willingness to work within an operating theatre environment,around surgical procedures, as part of the broader care Team, with the ability to effectively demonstrate problem solving, time management and prioritisation skills in a Multidisciplinary Surgical work environment.
- Ability and willingness to work shifts, on a rotating roster, including weekends and public holidays.

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