Sterilising Services Unit Technician

5 days ago

Metford, Australia Hunter New England Local Health District Full time

**Ensure patient safety behind the scenes - join Maitland’s expert sterilising team delivering top-quality care 24/7 across specialties**

**Remuneration**:$67,463.24 - $70,457.77 per annum + superannuation + salary packaging
**Location**: The Maitland Hospital
**Employment Type**:Permanent Full Time and Permanent Part Time opportunities available
**Position Classification**:Sterilisation Tech Grade 2
**Hours Per Week**: Up to 38
**Requisition ID**:REQ585076
**Applications Close**: Sunday 6th July 2025

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), 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:

- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- ADO's each month (for full time employees)
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

**About the role**:
This role will see you undertake the day-to-day tasks involved in the decontamination, inspection, packaging, sterilisation, and process verification of reusable medical devices. You will be responsible for providing optimum reprocessing services to the Greater Newcastle Sector. You will work as a part of our skilled multidisciplinary team and will receive comprehensive onsite training and ongoing support.

**Where you’ll be working**:
Maitland Hospital is part of the Lower Hunter Sector of Hunter New England Health. Our facility provides a range of comprehensive services across Medical, Surgical, Mental Health, Dental, Renal, Maternity and Child services, including one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country. We have 8 operating theatres and cover surgical procedures within the specialties of General, Endoscopy, ENT, Paediatrics, Urology, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Orthopaedic elective, and trauma. Maitland Hospital operating theatres operates across 7 days with emergency access 24 hours a day. The Central Sterile Services Department works closely with the Operating Theatre providing a high-level service in sterilising instruments in a timely manner and to a high standard across a 7-day 24hr rotating roster.

**About You**:
We are looking for someone with proven management experience in a healthcare facility, with a strong understanding of sterilising services.

A passion for quality improvements and service enhancement projects that drive departmental and organisational success will also get you far in this role.

**Requirements**:

- Sterilisation Technology Certificate II or III in health service assistance (sterilisation services) or equivalent qualification and relevant experience in sterilisation services department within a healthcare facility

**Additional Information**:

- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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**I**nformation 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.

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