Theatre Orderly

Your role at St John of God Subiaco Hospital

St John of God Subiaco Hospital is currently seeking an experienced Theatre Orderly to work within our busy Perioperative Services Department on a full-time basis.
 

The successful candidate will be required to safely transport, assist and lift patients to and from the Operating Suite and other wards as required. Additional duties include cleaning and re-stocking supplies and equipment regularly.

The successful applicant must be flexible to work all shifts as rostered - AM & PM, Monday to Saturday.

The Position

• Participate in care of patients under supervision of nursing caregivers.

• Transport patients on trolleys and beds.

• Assist in positioning and transferring patients.

• Ensure patients' dignity and privacy is maintained.

• Hold patients' limbs during preparation for surgery.

• Support patients during insertion of epidurals.

• Assist PACU caregivers with positioning patients.

• Demonstrate courteous communication to all customers.

• Ensure a bed is located adjacent to theatre at all times during a patient's procedure.

• Responsible for correct set up, delivery and storage of operating tables.

• Assist with collecting and transferring instrument carts.

• Change bed linen and deliver blankets when requested.

• Clean theatre tables between cases.

• Assist with setting up theatres with correct equipment/furniture according to requirements for each list.

• Assist with transporting equipment from the theatres to the utility room including rubbish and linen.

• Push linen skip with correctly attached bags back into theatre.

• Ensure an adequate number of flat top trolleys are present as required in set up rooms.

• Return bowel stands and buckets to theatres.

• Transport equipment within department as required.

• Transport carts, tubes, kidney dishes etc back to CSSD.

You will have an understanding of and ability to apply occupational health and safety principles to ensure own safety and that of others in the workplace. You must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of safe basic manual handling principles and be physically capable of undertaking duties including pushing, pulling and lifting activities.

To succeed, you will demonstrated ability to take all actions to avoid, eliminate or minimise hazards and you will possess excellent communication skills. You will demonstrate a knowledge of manual handling principals and a knowledge of hygiene and cleanliness standards. Experience in a similar role is an advantage but not essential.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you:

• Salary: $62,257 to $65,206 per annum plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent full-time position

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

For enquiries contact Stephanie Ross, Manager Procedural Support on

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.