Anaesthetic Technician - Cairns

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous superannuation

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a skilled anaesthesia support professional to work within a multi-disciplinary team. You will plan, prepare and maintain the anaesthetic environment, including remote procedural areas, to support safe anaesthesia and sedation.

Collaboration with students and stakeholders is expected, with adaptable priorities across diverse clinical settings. This role contributes to delivering high-quality care across the Cairns region, with emphasis

Qualifications

• Provide dedicated anaesthesia support for safe administration of anaesthesia or sedation as per PSO8 guidance.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams with effective time management, organisational and communication skills and provide support to students as required.
• Embrace practice flexibility for changing priorities and expanding organisational and stakeholder demands.
• Plan, prepare and maintain the anaesthetic environment autonomously, ensuring availability of essential anaesthesia equipment and monitoring.
• Provide anaesthesia support in remote specialist procedural areas such as imaging, cardiology, and endoscopy.

Skills

Anaesthesia support

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Time management

Communication skills

Flexibility

Autonomous practice

Student support

Stakeholder management

Job description

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About you:

In your new role you will......

• Provide dedicated anaesthesia support for the safe administration of anaesthesia or sedation, as specified in Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetics (ANZCA) professional document Professional Stream Officer (PSO)8: Statement on the Assistant for the Anaesthetist.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams with effective time management, organisational, and communication skills and additionally providing support to students as required.
• Embrace practice flexibility for changing priorities and expanding organisational and stakeholder demands.
• Plan, prepare, and maintain the anaesthetic environment autonomously, ensuring availability of essential anaesthesia equipment and monitoring.
• Provide anaesthesia support in remote specialist procedural areas, for example: medical Imaging, cardiology, and endoscopy.

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number ofworkplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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