Theatre Technician

**Established dynamic team with supportive management**:

- **Great Location - Close to Eastlink**:

- **Fulltime/ Part-time or Casual positions available**

Do you want to become part of our Healthscope’s Perioperative Service Department team?

As a member of our team, you will play an important role in providing high quality service to theatres and other clinical areas.

**About us**:
Knox Private Hospital is a fully accredited tertiary facility with 295 beds, providing Emergency Services, Extensive Surgical Specialities, 20 bed ICU/CCU, Medical, and a full range of Cardiac Services including two 24-hour Cardiac Catheter Laboratories.

Our theatre complex has recently grown to 15 theatres including a Day Procedure Centre, Hybrid Theatre and supports a range of acute specialties including General, Endoscopy, Colorectal, Bariatric & Liver surgery, advanced laparoscopic procedures, Cardiac, Neuro, Orthopaedic, Plastic & Reconstructive surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Vascular, ENT & Paediatric surgery.

**As Theatre Technician, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)**:

- Delivering excellent service and care to patients
- Assisting with Team time out, correct site surgery and patient positioning
- Setting up and preparation of the operating theatre prior to surgery
- Transporting patient to and from the operating theatre, and assisting with safe patient transfer on and off the operating table
- Ensure all equipment is functioning properly, correctly positioned in theatre and maintained
- Undertake designated cleaning tasks certifying a high standard of cleanliness is maintained utilising standard precautions, between cases and end of list

**Essential criteria**:

- Certificate III/IV in Health Services Assistant (Operating Theatre Technician)
- Minimum 12 months experience in the perioperative setting as a Theatre Technician
- Sound knowledge of theatre equipment and safe practices
- Previous experience in providing safe and appropriate patient care in clinical environment
- Working in a team environment - including taking accountability, working to national standards, guidelines and hospital policies & taking directions from senior staff when needed
- Possess organisational skills and completes documentation to a high standard
- Ability to troubleshoot problems when they arise
- Sound and effective communication skills
- Ability to work in a physically demanding role
- Available for flexible work hours (Monday - Saturday and On call)

**About Healthscope**

We care about your career at Healthscope.

No matter where you go within our community of care, you’ll be supported by great team leaders, be part of strong, innovative teams who always strive for better and have the opportunity to flourish and grow.

Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. We work together to create positive, memorable experiences, alongside our quality care, in every moment of every day.

We are the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia. But why does that matter? Our team is made up of over 19,000 highly experienced people working across a range of roles and specialisations. Supported by some of the best doctors in nationally, we come together to strive for better, sharing learnings, supporting each other, celebrating successes and facing challenges together.

Joining us opens the door to endless opportunities. We encourage the pursuit of continuous professional development, specialisation and education, and support our people to grow and flourish.