Sterilising Unit Technician - CSSD

About Us

Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, and providing a full range of surgical specialties and medical procedures.

Our hospital exists, quite simply, to make lives better. We know the right experience at Braemar Hospital can improve how patients and their whānau feel, and how they live, even when there’s a long journey to full recovery. To see patients, leave Braemar with a new lease on life makes our efforts worthwhile.

The service we deliver at Braemar Hospital, and the profit that generates, enables our owner, the Braemar Charitable Trust, to support our community to live better lives through funding surgeries, health-related academic scholarships, medical research, and other health-related initiatives across the Waikato.

Care and excellence are at our core. We are well-known for investing in highly sophisticated technology, equipment, and facilities to enable our highly skilled team to deliver quality, safe patient outcomes. We also invest heavily in developing a world-leading organisational culture to attract and retain the very best talent because we know the critical role our team play in surgical excellence.

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Sterilising Technician looking for a change?

We are currently seeking a self-motivated and enthusiastic Sterilisation Technician to join our team.

We have a full-time permanent position available for a qualified Sterilising Technician to work variable 8-hour shifts, between 7am to 10.30pm Monday to Friday, with an occasional weekend shift.

As a Sterilising Technician you are responsible for providing optimum patient care through effective decontamination, preparation, sterilisation and maintenance of reusable medical devices and equipment for Theatre.

Your responsibilities will include

• The decontamination, inspection, assembly and sterilisation of surgical instruments.
• Maintaining detailed and accurate records of sterilisation processes.
• Ensuring the optimum function of equipment through established work practices and quality controls.
• Adherence to AS 5369 : 2023 Standard and procedures as set out in the CSSD Quality Management System when reprocessing reusable medical devices.
• Collaborating with the theatres to ensure timely and accurate service delivery.
• Maintaining professional and positive relationships with CSSD colleagues and other staff.
• Contributing to the department’s quality improvement activities.

To be successful in this role you will

• Have demonstrated experience in a hospital Sterilisation Unit.
• Have achieved L4 NZ Certificate in Sterilising Technology or be working towards this certificate (or Level 3, if completed prior to 2019).
• Be willing to work toward and maintain registration with NZSSA.
• Have experience in Endoscopy or be willing to train in reprocessing endoscopes.
• Have meticulous attention to detail and apply the highest level of quality to your work.
• Understand that the key to success lies in our team operating in collaboration with one another and you will have the ability and disposition to enhance cooperation and teamwork.
• Be known for your clear and professional communication skills and your ability to remain calm and collected in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Have basic-intermediate computer skills and an openness to learning.

Working for Us

Choosing to work at Braemar Hospital means choosing to live the Braemar Way. Our ‘BCOMPassionate’ principles are our North Star, and we know when our people and culture line up behind the Braemar Way, we become unbeatable.

In addition to competitive remuneration, working with us provides you with access to a number of great benefits, including :

• We provide morning and afternoon tea daily, and we have delicious seasonal fruit delivered five times a week across the hospital;
• We heavily subsidise restaurant-quality meals which you can order for lunch and dinner;
• We have an annual summer shutdown where we close the hospital and ensure our whole team have some down time;
• Once you hit five years’ service at Braemar, we increase your annual holidays accrual to five weeks per year;
• We offer access to our retail and experience discount platforms so you can access great local discounts;
• We provide a parental leave top-up benefit if you’re heading off on parental leave;
• We offer limited free parking on site, a secure bike storage shed, electric vehicle chargers, and we are on a main public transport bus route;
• We provide a pretty special Wellness initiative each year, and we offer our team free access to chnnl – the wellbeing app to support personal wellbeing;
• You’ll have access to a Financial Advisor to help support with your personal finances, free of charge;
• We offer Vitae support which includes confidential, professional support anytime you need it;
• We have a Talent Referral Bonus, and we recognise Long Service;
• We offer a range of financial protection and insurance benefits to eligible employees : including trauma, income protection and life insurances;
• We offer the Workride benefit, a programme which enables you to easily purchase a bike, e-bike or e-scooter at significantly offset costs;
• We are a Living Wage-accredited employer;
• We also provide professional development, internal development opportunities, and professional celebrations throughout the year;
• We explore flexible rostering options.

This role is subject to our internal Braemar Talent Referral Scheme.

Please note, we are not accepting candidate applications via agencies.

If you believe you have the skills and experience for this role, we would love to hear from you. Apply now by uploading your cover letter and resume below, or phone Jill Haig for a confidential discussion on (07) 843 1899 ext 788.

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