• Join the highly skilled surgical team as our Theatre Technician Manager
• Our Operating Services are growing - Rare leadership opportunity
• Permanent Full Time – 76 hrs per fortnight

About the Facility 

Barwon health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South West region. It is Victoria’s largest regional health service with one of the busiest hospitals in the state, University Hospital. We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 7,000 staff and more than 1000 volunteers. We provide care at all stages or life and circumstance through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care, and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 24 key locations throughout the region

About Operating Services

Barwon Health’s Operating Services includes 3 points of care; Main theatres, Gretta Volum Centre and now Building B. Between the 3 points of care there are 16 theatres and one endoscopy suite, we perform approximately 22,000 procedures per year from specialities such as; Cardiothoracic, ENT, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Oral Faciomaxillary, Plastics, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, Urology, Vascular and Robotic Surgery.

About the role

To provide leadership in the planning and delivery of high quality Theatre Technician assistance within Operating Services whilst developing a professional and collaborative partnership across all areas of the directorate.

Main responsibilities include:

• Supervise staff members to ensure quality service provision to Operating Services staff and patients
• Regularly monitor and assess performance of staff to provide constructive feedback and identify development needs
• Undertake Performance Development Reviews with staff to set direction and identify training and development reviews
• Display team focused enthusiasm and maintains a consistent presence on the floor to promote leadership
• Daily staff allocations/Roster
• Purchase of replacement equipment within budgetary requirements
• Reporting and subsequent monitoring of maintenance and repairs to equipment and theatre fixtures and fittings
• Responsible for the recruitment, selection and onboarding of staff in accordance with Barwon Health’s Recruitment policies and procedures

About the Culture

Our mission is to ensure the right equipment and resource is available to the right patient at the right time in the right place. We are dedicated to improving access and patient flow to provide a sustainable service that ensures high quality and safe care.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Close to the beautiful Great Ocean Road and Surf Coast

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at talent.acquisition@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon health immunisation policy.