Role Title

Theatre Technician

Role Type

Permanent full-time and part-time

Department and Location

Main Theatre, St Vincent's Private Hospital, East Melbourne

Salary

AUD 28.05 -28.53 hourly + super

About the Role

Are you a Ward Clerk looking for great care, great people and a excellent place to grow? You've found it. Is this what you're looking for? You want to work alongside leading specialists, in modern facilities, with a team that genuinely cares – about patients and about you. That's what you'll find at St Vincent's Private Hospitals. And as part of Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care, you'll be doing work that puts people before profit.

Responsibilities

- Provide administrative and clerical support to the nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
- Welcome and assist patients, visitors and families, responding to enquiries in a friendly and professional manner.
- Manage patient admissions, discharges and transfers, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
- Maintain patient records, update information and ensure data accuracy within hospital systems.
- Answer and direct incoming telephone calls and respond to general enquiries.
- Coordinate appointments, patient bookings and relevant ward documentation.
- Assist with preparing patient files, forms and other administrative paperwork.
- Support effective communication between nursing staff, medical teams, patients and other departments.
- Monitor and manage ward stationery and office supplies.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to hospital policies, procedures and privacy requirements.
- Contribute to a positive, organised and efficient ward environment.

Requirements

- Hold a minimum qualification of Certificate III in Health Services Assistant (Operating Theatre Technician).
- Strong communicator and reliable team player.
- Compassionate, adaptable and committed to patient safety and wellbeing.

Benefits and Perks

- Salary sacrifice: Take home more of what you earn – as a not-for-profit, part of your salary is tax‑free,



plus you get a meal entitlement card.
- Growth & development: Build your career with state‑of‑the‑art training resources, education facilities and clinical partners, study leave and scholarships.
- Health and wellbeing: Look after yourself with discounted private health insurance, Fitness Passport gym memberships and a broad range of perks at each facility.
- World‑class care: Learn and grow alongside leading clinicians in teaching, research and specialist care.
- Employee Assistance Program: Free, confidential 24/7 counselling for you, whenever you need it.
- Workplace giving: Flexible work arrangements, the option to purchase leave, and leave days to volunteer in your community.

Equal Opportunity

Whoever you are, you're welcome here. We celebrate diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. If you're an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, we encourage you to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community, as part of our commitment to reconciliation.

Application Deadline

Closing Date: 12 December 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

Code of Conduct

View Reconciliation Action Plan Code of Conduct: View Code of Conduct

Hospital Information

St Vincent’s Private Melbourne is a facility of St Vincent’s Health Australia under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. We are a not for profit Catholic private hospital which operates across four sites at Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee.

Better and fairer care. Always Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies

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📌 Theatre Technician - East Melbourne
🏢 St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne
📍 Melbourne