Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Ballarat Hospital is one of Victoria's largest regional private hospitals and offers an extensive range of acute services for the community. While the hospital has existed since the early 19000s, the facility has continually been expanded to ensure modern services, and equipment are available to meet the needs of the community.

Your role at St John of God Ballarat
We are seeking applications for an Instrument Technician (Grade1) to join our Perioperative Team at Ballarat, on a permanent part-time basis.

Our Instrument Technician is responsible for effective cleaning, decontamination, packing and sterilising of items for reprocessing, and to utilise equipment associated with the above appropriately in accordance with AS 4187.

The Position

• Contributes to and is involved in Quality Activities with a focus on best practice.
• Participates in determining and evaluating the quality of care being delivered to patients.
• Co-operates in data collection of hospital-wide Quality Activity projects and Clinical Indicators.
• Ensures that the need of the customer, both internal and external, receives the highest priority and that the objective is to exceed the customer's expectations.
• Maintain effective work practice in regard to manual and mechanical washing, lubrication, drying, packaging and sterilising.
• Develop a sound working knowledge of all instrumentation requiring reprocessing.

Successful applicants will have effective documentation and interpersonal skills, and able to work efficiently as a team member. Certificate 3 in Sterilisation Services and/or experience in CSSD sterilisation and instrument processing will be highly regarded.

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

We can offer you

• Salary: $60,512 (pro-rata for part time) plus 11.5% Superannuation
• Permanent part-time, working 30 hours per week
• 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

For all enquiries contact Sharon Gatt, CSSD Manager on (03) 5320 2429.

Applications close: April 17th