CSSD Technician

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau

Full Time
Remuneration as per the PSA Allied Health MECA
If you are interested in working in Health, here’s a fantastic opportunity. We have an exciting opportunity for a CSSD Technician or a CSSD Trainee Technician.
At Counties Manukau, our Central Sterilising Services Department [CSSD] plays a crucial role in supporting the hospital’s theatres, wards and clinics. We do this by ensuring reusable medical devices are processed as per national and international sterilising standards.
What will you do?
As a Sterile Supply Technician or Trainee Technician, you will be responsible for sterilising reusable medical devices through a four-part process, which includes cleaning, packing, sterilising, followed by the distribution of reusable medical devices. You will need to ensure that items arriving in the unit for processing are moved through each phase in the reprocessing cycle.

We are proud of our thorough orientation programme, where you will get to learn about our key areas:

• Cleaning
• Packing
• Sterilisation
• Distribution

What will you bring?
As our newest team member, you don’t require any prior experience, but we are looking for ambitious individuals that enjoy constant learning, as there is a mandatory component to be qualified.
There is also some flexibility required, as our role means you will work across two sites – Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Health Park. This means that you will be part of a reliable team that provides a 24/7 service for patients, so being able to work rostered shifts (including nights and weekends) is a must.
Our ideal candidate is fit and healthy, as the role does involve some manual labour, ie. standing for long periods of time and heavy lifting – but don’t worry … you won’t be standing alone. You’ll be standing with a strong team of individuals who will assist you to hit the ground running and will be there to support you.

For the right person – you have a real opportunity to learn and grow your professional career. In fact, our technicians can work anywhere in the world with a Sterilisation qualification and experience. If you are ready to face a new challenge and believe you possess these qualities:

• Excellent communicator (verbal and written)
• Enjoys learning and working towards becoming a registered technician
• Can work independently and as a team
• Has initiative
• Can work across 2 sites and rostered work
• Fit and healthy

Then what are you waiting for?
Come to Counties Manukau – and join us in giving back to our community.
To apply for the position, apply on kiwihealthjobs.co.nz
To review the position description please click here
For more information, please contact Barbara in the Recruitment Centre on 09 276 0044 ext 56640 or Barbara.ridgway@middlemore.co.nz.
At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today

Please refer the Job description for details