Operating Theatre Technician - Grade 2-4

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Fitzroy location with easy access to Public Transportation.
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Multiple Permanent / Part-time roles available

About the Role
As a theatre technician, you are a member of the multidisciplinary perioperative team. In this role you are accountable for performing all assigned tasks providing excellence in patient care, providing technical support and ensuring that the role is performed to facilitate effective functioning of the Operating Suite.

In this role, you would exhibit the following:-

• Competent knowledge and preparation of required resources and equipment for the procedures in the Operating Theatre.
• Excellent trouble shooting skills and technical knowledge of the equipment in the Theatre.
• Excellent patient preparation and care including safe transportation and positioning of the patient.
• Excellent Housekeeping management to provide a clean environment with all equipment required for the procedure.

Classifications for this position will range from IN8 - IN10 ($64,308 - $72,061 per annum, pro rata for part time).

Your Contribution

You should have the following skills and qualification:

• Certificate III in Health (Theatre Technician) or
• Certificate IV in Operating Suite technical Support
• A technical aptitude and comfortable working with equipment.
• 1 year of minimum experience as a Theatre Technician (desirable).
• Current National criminal history check or willing to obtain.

What we Offer

• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!).
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes with easy access to the public transport including Parliament Railway Station
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Opportunity to become Full-time/ Part-time may be available

St Vincent's Operating Suite
St Vincent's Operating Suite currently houses 12 theatres, 12 anaesthetic rooms and a Post Anaesthetic Care Area. Working alongside the Sterile Processing Centre, Day Procedures and Endoscopy Centres the department undertakes over 12,000 procedures per year in a vast range of highly specialised and complex specialities over a 24 hour period, 7 days per week.

If you have any difficulties accessing the Position Description for this role, please contact the Talent Team at [email protected] who will gladly forward you a copy.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.