Chief Operations Assistant

Southern NSW Local Health District; Northern Beaches Council; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern NSW Local Health District is seeking a Chief Operations Assistant to support and transport patients and equipment in a fast-paced operating theatre. You will supervise approximately 20 FTE Operations Assistants and coordinate rostering, ensuring timely patient transport and medication transfers between inpatient pharmacy and theatres.

The role requires strong communication, leadership experience in an acute setting, and a willingness to perform afternoon/evening shifts, with night

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in an acute care setting.
• Experience in intraoperative theatre duties or willingness to learn.
• Able to commit to an afternoon/evening roster including nights.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate a 20 FTE Operations Assistant team.
• Manage rostering and day-to-day support within the department.
• Transport medication between inpatient pharmacy and operating theatres as required.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe patient care.
• Attend department meetings and relevant committee groups.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Roster management

Intraoperative duties

Night shift availability

Team supervision

Job description

Manage a team responsible to support, prepare and transport patients and equipment to keep surgical services running safely and efficiently in a fast‑paced operating suite.

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Operations Assistant - Chief
Remuneration:$1386.82 per week
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ692334
Where you'll be working
Northern Beaches Hospital features 486 beds, 50-bed Emergency Department, 20-bed general and cardiothoracic ICU, a state-of-the-art theatre complex, world-class education centre, and excellent staff facilities including café and secure on site car parking. Northern Beaches Hospital has a wide range of services that can help you build a healthcare career in your chosen field.

Key to the hospital’s success is a highly skilled and expert team of staff who are supported by a comprehensive range of professional development opportunities.

The Interventional Suite accommodates adult & paediatrics patients for planned & unplanned procedures &/or surgery. It comprises of 14 state of the art operating theatres including a Hybrid theatre; 2 Cardiac Catheter Labs, 4 procedure rooms, 41 bed recovery unit, Anaesthetics Service and state of the art Sterilising Services Department. The service currently operates 7 days, 06:00 to 21:00hrs.

What you'll be doing

The Chief Operations Assistant is an integral part of the patient care team, working under the direction of the Deputy Theatre Manager supervising approximately 20 FTE Operations Assistants. You will provide direction and coordination of a team of responsible for maintaining a clean and well stocked environment. You will ensure rostering and support are managed on a day to day basis, attend department meetings, act as a member of relevant committee groups as well as assist the team to transport medication between inpatient pharmacy and operating theatres as required.

Supervising the Operations Assistant role is the main priority as they are responsible for patient transport before and after procedures and positioning for surgery and includes ensuring operating tables and positioning devices are cleaned, maintained and applied using appropriate manual handling techniques, to support elective and emergency surgery. As well as collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to provide safe patient care. This team is an integral part of the NBH Operating Theatre and the following attributes will make you the successful candidate:

Ideal Candidate

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Previous leadership skills in an acute setting
• Previous experience in intraoperative theatre duties including transfer of patients onto the operating table and positioning of patients or willingness to learn.
• Ability to commit to a roster providing afternoon and evening cover 7 days a week, including night shift

Who we are

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work cohesively within a multidisciplinary team.

The team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Applications Close: 24 September 2026

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