Professional Officer/technician

**Job no**: 895713
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Southern
**Categories**: Corporate Services, Science, Engineering, Technical, Public Health
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Biomedical Engineering
- Salary $68,478 - $83,594 (Pro Rata) PO1 | Salary $75,240 - $79,880 (Pro Rata) TGO2 | Full Time - Contract until Apr 2026

**Join our Biomedical Engineering Team as a Professional Officer/Technician**

Biomedical Engineering at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) is a joint department of SALHN, SA Health, and the College of Medicine and Public Health (CMPH), Flinders University.

SALHN Biomedical Engineering (BME) is committed to ensuring that biomedical technology needed by its clients is appropriate, available, safe, used effectively, functioning correctly and compliant with relevant laws, regulations and standards.

**About the role**:
Reporting to Technical Manager, this role is responsible for assuring the safety, effectiveness, availability and compliance of biomedical technology used directly for patient diagnosis, treatment or monitoring for or in connection with the public hospital and healthcare facilities of Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN).

Duties for this Role include:

- Assist with system and network administration, and diagnostic testing, functions for biomedical engineering devices and systems,
- Contribute to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers,
- Provide technical assistance to other team members and equipment users, to support the ongoing safe and effective utilisation of biomedical devices and systems being used across the Health Unit,
- Provide effective technical monitoring of device and system performance, including maintaining appropriate records, to support this process,
- Experience in the acquisition, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment to meet strict engineering standards.

**About you**:

- A Diploma or Advanced Diploma in a relevant technical discipline,
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills across a multi-disciplinary environment including the capacity to undertake effective liaison with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders,
- Ability to work efficiently, either independently or in a team, and to effectively evaluate problems, situations and information, meet deadlines and work under pressure, and effectively use technical resources and information,
- Experience in the delivery of remedial and preventative technical equipment maintenance services.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

**Application Closing Date**:**11.55 pm Sunday 9th March 2025

**Attachments**:

- P55430 - PO1 Professional Officer Biomedical Engineering - Role Description
- P55433 - TGO2 Technician Biomedical Engineering - Role Description
- Australian applicant guidelines
- International applicant guidelines

**Applicant Information**:

- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref**:895713**

**Advertised**: 21 Feb 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 09 Mar 2025 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time