Orthopaedic Inventory Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media, Finance, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Information Management, Procurement

Reference: 60446

**About Dandenong Theatre Services at Monash Health**

Dandenong Hospital has 8 Operating Theatres and cater for a wide variety of surgical specialities including orthopaedics, plastics, and obstetrics, and gynaecology, ENT, colorectal, maxillofacial and general procedures. With co-located medical and post-surgical wards, we support our patients through their stay at Monash Health.

**About the Role**

The orthopaedic inventory assistant is a pivotal member of the inventory team at Dandenong theatre. Responsible for the co-ordination and management of orthopaedic stock, instruments and related equipment that are crucial to the trauma service. The orthopaedic inventory assistant will work in direct consultation with the Orthopaedic Associate Nurse Managers to order all orthopaedic loan equipment and specific consumables.

No 2 days will be the same in this fast paced role, duties include but are not limited to:

- Stock quantity management
- Liaising with procurement/ company representatives/ following up outstanding orders
- Specialised ordering
- Annual stock management
- Maintenance of inventory lists/ electronic files

**About You**

You will possess excellent administration skills, and have a background in customer service preferably in the health industry. As a highly organised, flexible and adaptable individual you possess excellent interpersonal skills and respond positively to changing needs. A knowledge of medical terminology would aid you in this role, however an interest in the area of orthopaedics/inventory is essential.

**What You Need**:

- Tertiary or other administration qualification, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar health _(essential)_
- Experience in current inventory systems utilised within Monash Health - iPROC, HTRAK and similar inventory scanning software (desirable)
- Relevant working rights to Australia
- A commitment to ongoing professional development

**What we offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
- mentorship and career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to further you skills

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay, access to onsite discounted staff car parking and gym, uniform and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**What You Need to Know**

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.