• Central Sterilising Department
• Casual

UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4200 people.

We currently have the opportunity for a Sterilisation Assistant to join the Central Sterilising Department at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is a 250 bed facility in Spring Hill. Facilities at St Andrew’s include 15 theatres, three cardiology catheter laboratories, endoscopy suites, an intensive care unit and emergency centre. St Andrew’s is a world leader in patient outcomes for many of our specialties. We achieve this by attracting the best staff and medical practitioners and carefully auditing and improving on the outcomes of our treatments.

The staff in the sterilisation department are accountable for the cleaning, checking, packing and sterilization processes to ensure items are available for procedural areas. As the Sterilisation Assistant you will be responsible for:

• Instrument sterilisation, inspection, assembley, packaging, storage and distribution;
• Instrument inventory managment and data entry;
• Ensuring Infection Control standards and guidelines are implement for all items processed;
• Participation in team meetings and quality improvement activities.

Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria: 

• Have knowledge and understanding of Australian Standard AS/NZS4187-2014, ACHS Standards, NHMRC, CHRISP and other documentation relevant to work in a healthcare sterilising environment;
• Be willing to undertake study or possess a Certificate III in Health Sciences - Sterilisation;
• The ability to work within a strong multidisciplinary team;
• Demonstrate a high level of organizational skills and an ability to prioritise efficiently;
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills;
• Participate in and initiate quality improvement activities;
• Have good verbal and written communication skills;
• Possess a strong customer focus;
• The ability to use and understand computer use for instrument processing and tracking. 

Working as part of the UnitingCare Health at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, our staff enjoy a values based organisation with benefits including: 

• Friendly values based environment
• Generous salary packaging options
• Exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams
• Exceptional professional development opportunities including Post graduate leaderships programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• Staff discounts for car parking and café purchases 

For more information regarding this opportunity please contact Angela O’Grady, CSSD Manager on Angela.OGrady@uchealth.com.au   .

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process and quote the following reference number – 11581.

We look forward to receiving your applications by Sunday 18th September 2016.