AddressTechnical Officer - Client Support Services
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 09 April 2024
Classification: Technical Officer Level 4
Salary: $95,746 - $109,072 plus superannuation
Position No: 22876 - 02GVP
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 26 March 2024
Contact Officer: Rod Lansdown on Rod.Lansdown@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 1009
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) is a vibrant and diverse Division within CHS providing multidisciplinary rehabilitation, aged and community-based care across a range of settings. This includes Canberra Hospital, the University of Canberra Hospital (UCH), Community Health Centres and the Village Creek Centre in Kambah. Our staff are committed to the delivery of health services that reflect CHS's values: reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind. RACS services work collaboratively with the individuals, his/her carers and other services within and external to CHS.
Clinical Technology services are offered from the Village Creek Centre and occasionally in homes across the ACT. We pride ourselves on our continual drive for high quality patient care.
The Clinical Technology Workshop provides the following services within the Clinical Technology services:
- Technical support to the Prosthetics and Orthotics Service including device adjustments and manufacture.
- Technical support to the Specialised Wheelchair and Posture Service including product adjustments and manufacture.
- Repairs and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment for clients and CHS services. Equipment serviced includes wheelchairs, mobility aids, and bathing aids.
The team provides services for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants, ACT Equipment Scheme, and various other funding bodies.
For more information regarding the position click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Policy.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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