Surgical Support Services Manager | Brisbane QLD | Full Time

Surgical Support Services Manager

Location: Brisbane, QLD

Employment Type: Full Time

Remuneration: Up to $160,000 base + super + NFP salary packaging

Recruiter: Carejobz Perioperative Specialists

A newly created leadership role with a leading not-for-profit hospital group in Brisbane, part of a genuine investment in the perioperative service rather than a cost-cutting exercise. Reporting to the ADON Perioperative, you will take strategic and operational ownership of CSSD, Theatre Orderly Services and theatre equipment management, working alongside clinical and operational leaders to lift efficiency across a 14-theatre complex.

In this role, you will:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Surgical Support Services, including CSSD, Theatre Orderly Services and theatre equipment management
• Lead the CSSD Team Leader and Theatre Orderlies directly
• Own equipment and asset lifecycle management, including procurement, commissioning, maintenance and replacement planning, coordinating closely with Biomedical Engineering and Procurement
• Develop and manage operational budgets, workforce plans and rostering frameworks across the portfolio
• Drive continuous improvement, service standards and accountabilities across CSSD and Theatre Orderly Services
• Ensure compliance with infection prevention, WHS and accreditation requirements, and lead quality and risk initiatives across the portfolio

What You Will Bring

• Tertiary qualification in Health Service Management, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Sterile Services or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Proven experience leading and managing multidisciplinary teams, including recruitment, performance management, workforce planning and employee development
• Demonstrated experience managing equipment, assets and operational resources, including procurement, utilisation, maintenance and replacement planning
• Experience managing operational and capital budgets and achieving productivity and financial performance objectives
• Current National Police Check, or ability to obtain and maintain one

Desirable, not essential:

• Certificate IV in Sterilisation Services or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualification in Management, Leadership or Health Administration
• Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement qualification
• Experience working within an accredited healthcare environment

Visa sponsorship: Candidates with over 5 years' experience and a postgraduate qualification, or in senior level roles overseas, may be considered for visa sponsorship. This is not permanent residency (PR) visa sponsorship.

Why You Will Want to Know More

• NFP salary packaging up to $15,900/year tax free, plus up to $2,650 for meal and entertainment
• Discounted health insurance (Medibank, Bupa) and reduced excess on private admissions
• 12 weeks paid parental leave, 2 weeks paid partner leave
• Up to $15,000 professional development support plus paid study leave
• Free onsite gym, free annual flu vaccinations, free parking
• Employee Assistance Program, 3 free counselling sessions, extends to family

If this sounds like the kind of theatre opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to speak with you. Apply in confidence through this link: ***************************************************************==, or email your CV to ***************** in the first instance. Kate or Paul will be happy to talk you through the opportunity, answer your questions honestly, and help you decide whether it feels like the right next step for you.

About Carejobz

At Carejobz, Paul and Kate have been recruiting perioperative professionals across Australia and New Zealand since 2015. Over that time, they have become trusted recruitment partners to leading hospitals and day surgeries, supporting nurses and employers with warmth, discretion and genuine sector knowledge. They understand the realities of theatre nursing, from the importance of team culture and safe staffing to the specialist skills required across anaesthetics, recovery, scrub and scout. When you speak with Carejobz, you are dealing with people who know the perioperative world, respect your experience, and will give you honest guidance at every stage.

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