Sterilisation Technician

Ensure seamless theatre operations and patient care in this fast-paced, hands-on role

Remuneration: $34.02 - $35.53 per hour + superannuation
Location: Kurri Kurri Hospital
Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Sterilisation Tech Grade 2
Requisition ID: REQ550239
Applications Close: Sunday 16th February 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
• 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 fast-paced role will see you play a part in ensuring the smooth running of theatres, allowing the best experience for our patients. Day to day, you will work alongside the team to work through the decontamination, inspection, packaging, sterilisation, and process verification of reusable medical devices.

Regular education and support are provided to best allow you to stay up to date with changing standards. We want our workforce to feel valued in our organisation and our vision is in line with having a workplace where conditions and culture are harmonious and supportive for our people.

Where you’ll be working:

Kurri Kurri District Hospital is a lovely rural hospital that provides contemporary care to our communities. Our theatres are best known for their high standard work in providing efficient access and care to those who are requiring ophthalmology and Ear, Nose and Throat surgical procedures. We work as a team across our whole campus, so you can expect day to day to be greeted by your colleagues who will work alongside you to provide service.

Our sterilisation team work alongside our clinical staff to ensure that we are efficient, reliable and safe in the care that we provide our patients. Best described as friendly, efficient, and very good at what they do, our team are kind, committed and spend their workdays together enjoying the high output of work we achieve whilst also leading with compassion and humour.

About You:

We are looking for someone with relevant working experience and qualifications, although we are willing to support more junior staff with education and training.

We want the right fit for our services and for you! Please be sure to tell us your goals and expectations of the role so we can work collaboratively to meet this.

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:
 

• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 
• If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first. 
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.  

Need more information?

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For role related queries or questions contact Stacey Doosey on Stacey.Doosey@health.nsw.gov.au