Sterilisation Services Educator

Are you a dedicated professional passionate about enhancing patient safety and care quality? As a Sterilisation Services Educator, you'll play a pivotal role in fostering continuous staff education and excellence._

$69,471.88 - $71,969.67 pro rata per annum + 11.5% super & salary packaging **|** Permanent Part Time 24 hours per week** |**Wollongong Hospital (TWH) **|**REQ555617 **| Grade**: Sterilisation Technician Grade 3 **|** **Applications close**: 7 March 2025

**Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.**

Join our dynamic team as a Sterilisation Services Educator, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the competence and performance of our Sterilisation Service Department (SSD) staff. In this role, you'll provide ongoing in-house training, develop and maintain comprehensive training resources, and ensure adherence to departmental policies, procedures, and statutory standards. Your expertise will be instrumental in assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs tailored to the needs of SSD staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on patient safety and care quality within a leading healthcare facility.

For more information and to view the position classification, see the **Position Description**here.

**A little about us.**

Wollongong Hospital, located on Dharawal Country, is the Illawarra Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has a bed-base count of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.

Wollongong is located an hour’s drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Wollongong here.

**Benefits of working with ISLHD.**

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Discounted health insurance is available through a number of different private health insurance providers. Talk to your provider today for more information
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
- Certificate III in Sterilisation Services.
- Cert IV in Training and Assessment or enrolled with academic transcript evidence of course progression.
- Current experience in all areas of the Sterilisation Services Department in an acute hospital setting, including Loan and Endoscope reprocessing.
- ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees._

**Need more information or help applying?**
- Visit the Stepping Up website here. Stepping Up supports Aboriginal people to navigate the recruitment process and find a career or employment in NSW Health.
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