Health Service Manager Sterilising Services Unit

**Remuneration**: $84,436 - $112,331 p.a. + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 1
**Location**: Maitland Hospital
**Hours Per Week**:38
**Requisition ID**: REQ538975
**Applications Close**:Wednesday 15th January 2025

Are you an experienced manager with a passion for sterilising services and operational excellence? Maitland Hospital is seeking a skilled and dedicated Health Service Manager - Sterilising Services Unit to join our dynamic perioperative team. If you're looking for a leadership role in a growing department, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to patient safety and quality care in a vital healthcare service.

**About the Role**:
As the Health Service Manager for the Sterilising Services Unit, you will oversee daily operations, ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of sterilisation and decontamination services across the hospital. You’ll be responsible for managing a team of 20 staff (and growing), supporting the department’s objectives, and leading continuous improvement efforts.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Rostering & Staffing: Managing team rosters, ensuring appropriate staffing levels to meet operational needs.
- Collaboration: Regular meetings with the perioperative team to plan procedures and manage operational lists.
- Quality Assurance: Oversee the performance qualifications (PQ) and regular servicing of key equipment, including washers, sterilisers, and RO water systems.
- Contractor Liaison: Coordinating with external contractors, including service providers like Ecolab.
- Committee Participation: Actively participate in organisational meetings (e.g., Infection Prevention and Control - IPC).
- Relationship Management: Foster close working relationships with theatre and other key departments such as dental services.
- Quality Improvement: Lead and implement quality improvement initiatives and service enhancements to maintain high standards of sterilisation.

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- Proven management experience in a healthcare facility, with a strong understanding of sterilising services.
- Expertise in rostering, including the creation and staffing of rosters.
- Cost centre management and experience in overseeing budgets.
- Recruitment and people management skills, including conducting Performance Development Reviews (PDRs), performance management, and conflict resolution.
- A passion for quality improvements and service enhancement projects that drive departmental and organisational success.

**Why Join Us?**
At Hunter New England Health enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- 6 weeks annual leave (for eligible full time nurses)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services

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3) An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
4) We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
- This is a Category A position_. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with _NSW Health policy directive _PD202_4_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious_ Diseases_ for Category A positions prior to offer. _All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy._
- HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of _benefits _such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses._
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