Ready to take the next step in your CSSD career?

If you’re an experienced CSSD professional ready to step into leadership, or an established Team Leader looking for your next opportunity, this could be the role for you.

Join the CSSD team at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, where you’ll lead and support a dedicated team while continuing to use your technical sterilisation expertise. Enjoy a $2,500 sign-on bonus, discounted staff parking, free onsite gym access and excellent employee benefits.

CSSD Team Leader | St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital

• Employment Term: Permanent Full-Time Position
• Location: Opposite Roma Street Parkland, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is just a short walk from Brisbane CBD
• Remuneration: $40.34 - $41.92 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take-home pay)

Additional Benefits

• $2,500 Sign-on Bonus
• Discounted Staff Parking
• Free onsite Gym
• Hospital Excess Discounts for you, your spouse and children
• Generous paid parental and partner leave

Make a meaningful difference with St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital

At St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, we offer world-class health care to families across Queensland and interstate and are leaders in cardiac services, orthopaedics, neurosurgery (including deep brain stimulation), vascular surgery and rehabilitation.

By bringing together experienced medical specialists, care and technology, we deliver personalised care, world-class results and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As our CSSD Team Leader, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, support and develop a dedicated team while helping ensure the safe and efficient delivery of sterilisation services across the hospital.

Your part in our St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital team

Reporting to the Surgical Support Services Manager, you’ll coordinate the day-to-day operations of the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD), ensuring the safe, efficient and timely reprocessing, sterilisation and distribution of reusable medical devices and equipment.

You will:

• Coordinate daily CSSD workflow and workload priorities
• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to CSSD team members
• Help coordinate staff and resources to meet operational and instrument requirements
• Provide technical expertise in sterilisation, disinfection and instrument reprocessing
• Support team training, competency development and onboarding
• Promote compliance with relevant Australian Standards, quality and infection prevention requirements
• Participate in quality improvement activities, audits and education programs
• Support workforce planning and rostering to meet department needs
• Act as a technical resource for the team and other stakeholders

What makes a difference for us?

• Certificate III in Sterilisation Services
• Certificate IV in Sterilisation Services, or willingness to obtain
• Strong current experience in CSSD, sterilisation and the reprocessing of reusable medical devices and instruments
• Experience within an acute healthcare or hospital environment
• Some demonstrated leadership experience, which may include working as a Senior Technician, Coordinator, Supervisor, Team Leader or taking on additional team responsibilities
• Confidence supporting, guiding and sharing your knowledge with other team members
• Sound knowledge of Australian Standard AS 5369 and reusable medical device reprocessing requirements
• Strong communication, organisation, problem-solving and customer service skills
• A commitment to quality, safety and continuous improvement
• Willingness to obtain required vaccinations in line with hospital infection control requirements and undergo required pre-employment checks

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your application. You’ll be redirected to our website to create a candidate profile, upload your resume and cover letter, and complete a brief questionnaire.

For more information, please contact Dani, Talent Acquisition Advisor via email at contact_hr@ucareqld.com.au

We warmly encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, and people of all genders and identities.

What makes a difference for you? 

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events  

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others 

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family   

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness. 

Child safe, Child friendly 

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children  

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services 

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur 

• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion   

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.   

Safe workplace   

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.   

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.