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Far West Local Health District

Theatre Porter

Broken Hill

FULL TIME

September 20, 2024

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: BI Theatre Porter
Remuneration: $61,664.11 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ521586
Location: Broken Hill NSW
  • Opportunity to work on the frontline to join a truly supportive team that is empowered to provide the ultimate patient experience
  • Grow your career with us with ongoing learning and development opportunities
  • Get exposure to work across different areas you would not get in the big smoke!
We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

  • Participate in the preparation of theatres before cases, cleaning and clearing theatres in between and end of cases. Removing clinical waste from the department.
  • Collect and return patients from the wards safely.
  • Take urgent specimens to pathology/bloods to ICU.
  • Collect items from other areas of facility as instructed by nursing staff.
  • Maintain patient’s trolleys in clean and tidy conditions.
  • Assist with application of tourniquets, positioning of patients and transfers of patients.
  • Assist nursing staff with cleaning of theatres at end of all theatre lists.
  • Identify and report issues with equipment.
  • Weekly ordering and distribution of stock
  • Work unsupervised at various times and provide training to inexperienced porters undertaking duties in the operating theatre.
What is on offer
  • 5 weeks paid annual leave
  • Salary packaging (pay less tax!) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment
  • Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
  • Novated leasing
  • Isolation & climate allowance
  • Fitness passport
  • Support through advanced education & training
  • A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing


How to apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible.

  • Demonstrated skills to be able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Demonstrate effective, clear and concise communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to monitor work practices, prevent security breaches and escalate breaches to immediate Line Managers
  • Demonstrated ability to perform patient care activities and general assistance within operating theatre area
  • Able to demonstrate the requirements to provide and ensure the health and safety of all persons in the workplace
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster. Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Tracy-Ann Kerle on Tracy.Kerle@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 04 October 2024

Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

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