Overview
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education.
We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne.
On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a newly merged health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians.
The merger will also strengthen our workforce, providing new training, education and career opportunities.
Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026, all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.
The Role
Instrument Technician Grade 1-4
— Permanent Part time (0.9 EFT) at Sandringham Hospital.
Salary Package:
$52k - $69k + Superannuation
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Staff benefit locations include Great Staff benefits.
The Department
The Central Sterilising Service (CSS) is an integral part of Alfred Health, providing a service to The Main Alfred Hospital Operating Suite, The Alfred Centre and Sandringham Hospital Operating Suite and also to wards and other departments.
The service consists of four locations:
A 24 hour per day facility on the Ground Floor of the Main Ward Block of The Alfred campus, providing a full decontamination and sterilising service to wards and other departments as well as sterilisation of instruments and equipment.
Where required this facility also provides decontamination and sterilising services to the Caulfield campus.
The First Floor CSS satellite facility within the Main Operating Suite where instruments undergo pre-treatment prior to full decontamination procedures.
This facility also operates 24 hours per day.
The Alfred Centre Processing Unit, located on the Second Floor of The Alfred Centre, includes the decontamination and packing area as well as the endoscope processing room, with extended hours Monday to Friday.
Sandringham Hospital Sterile Services Unit, adjacent to the Sandringham Operating Theatres, serving the needs of the operating theatres and wards and departments on that campus, with extended hours seven days per week.
Responsibilities
Instrument technicians employed within the CSS are responsible for the processing, from decontamination through to issue, of sterile instruments and equipment used in all areas of all campuses of Alfred Health.
Staff are required to work rotating shifts, 7 days a week, once they have completed Workplace Competencies.
Qualifications & Experience
Available in attached Position Descriptions
Benefits
Salary Packaging
Discount Health Insurance
Car Parking
Onsite Gym
Child care services
Contact
Please contact Mel Klages 0400569421
Applications Close
Applications Close: 11pm AEST, Sunday 12th October 2025
Diversity & Inclusion
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.
Recruitment Adjustments
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please contact the person listed in this advertisement.
Vaccination Requirement
In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department's risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
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📌 Technician Instrument (Sandringham)
🏢 Alfred Health
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