Sterilisation Technician

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**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Bega
**Position Classification**: Sterilisation Technician Grade 2
**Remuneration**: $67,463.24 - $70,457.77 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ613385
**Applications Close**: 3 November 2025
**Interview Information**: Scheduled within 10 days of closing

**About the service**
Sterilising Technician - Make a real difference behind the scenes
Join South East Regional Hospital as a Sterilising Technician and play a crucial role in ensuring all surgical instruments and equipment are thoroughly cleaned and sterilised to the highest standards. Your work helps protect patients and staff by maintaining a safe, infection-free environment.
If you take pride in precision and want to be an essential part of patient care, we want to hear from you

**Support for**
- Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
- Moving to the area? Visit The Welcome Experience | NSW Government

**What you'll be doing**
The Sterilisation Technician is primarily responsible for the preparation, sterilisation, storage and thermal disinfection of reusable medical & surgical instruments and equipment to prevent the transmission of infection, working within a large team under routine supervision.

**Selection Criteria**
- Completion of a Certificate III in Sterilisation Services at TAFE, or equivalent (enables appointment to Grade 2) or working towards completion of a Certificate III in Sterilisation Services at TAFE or equivalent (enables appointment at Grade 1, and on supply of completed Cert III, incumbent will move to a Grade 2)
- Physically capable of carrying out all duties standing for long periods, lifting pushing and pulling loads, as outlined in the Job Demands Checklist for this role.
- Demonstrated interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to follow directions from line management and senior staff and work independently under routine supervision.
- Ability to relate well to others and work effectively as a member of a team.

**We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team.**

**Information for applicants**

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_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.

Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

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