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About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you: 

You are a qualified Anaesthetic Technician with demonstrated anaesthesia support practice and environment preparation, ability to work effectively and sharing knowledge and skills within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of limitations relating to your clinical competence to undertake more complex tasks.

Your opportunity: 

Provide professional, clinical, and technical anaesthetic support services with supervision and guidance aligned to level of experience. Contributions are valued for guideline, policy, and procedure development. All Anaesthetic Technicians (HPs) have opportunity participating in clinical specialist portfolios additional to providing educational expertise for graduates, upskilling, and transitional health care professionals.

Additionally, you will have a fabulous opportunity providing anaesthetic support in unique rural and remote areas of the Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula including Weipa, Cooktown, and Thursday Island. This position is inclusive of:

• Ongoing departmental educational opportunities.
• Supportive leadership team.
• Benefits such as salary packaging, 12.5% superannuation and subsidised under cover car parking.

Your role: 

• Provide dedicated anaesthesia support for the safe administration of anaesthesia or sedation, as specified in ANZCA professional document PSO8: Statement on the Assistant for the Anaesthetist.
• Maintain professional conduct through complying with the AAAHP Code of Conduct.
• 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.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )