The Intensive Care/Coronary Care Unit Technical Officer (TO), in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Nursing (ICU/CCU ADON), oversees stores and equipment management within ICU and Cardiology. The TO is responsible for the direction, co-ordination and procurement of equipment used in ICU and Cardiology to enable effective efficient and high-quality care to patients. The TO role provides technical support and acts as a resource within the critical care environment to effectively and efficiently manage, utilise and/ or procure resources through cost centre monitoring, stock control and strategic planning to enable effective and efficient, high-quality care to patients.

Under limited direction of the ICU/CCU ADON, you will:

1. Implement inventory management systems, including conducting regular inventory audits, forecasting demand and replenishing stock as needed. Generate reports on procurement activities, inventory levels, and stock movements.
2. Facilitate evaluation and cost-effective purchase of equipment, collaborating with relevant stakeholders to identify needs, conducting thorough research on available options while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and policies governing procurement and inventory management.
3. Review purchase requisitions and process purchase orders in compliance with organisational policies.
4. Responsible for recording and completing day-to-day availability, cleaning and ensuring that all ICU/CCU equipment is maintained through appropriate checks and regular maintenance.
5. Liaise with Biomedical Engineering to assist with the evaluation and installation of ICU/CCU equipment as well as with any technical issues affecting ICU/CCU equipment.
6. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

• Responsible for day-to-day availability, cleaning and good working order of Critical Care equipment.
• Ensure a wide range of Critical Care equipment has appropriate checks, operator maintenance and performance verification as prescribed by the manufacturer and/or hospital Biomedical Engineering Department.
• Maintain an ongoing equipment replacement program.
• Participate in equipment trials, new equipment role out.
• Facilitate the evaluation and cost-effective purchase of Critical Care equipment.
• Application of relevant standards and protocols in electro-medical equipment.
• Liaise with the Biomedical department about equipment servicing, trouble shooting and ongoing break fix and maintenance.
• Ability to efficiently maintain stock levels and consumable items.
• Sound computer skills and maintain database information and undertake research and project tasks as required.
• Contribution to on-going education and updating of colleagues on the use of Critical Care equipment.
• Safe and high-quality customer service.
• Contribute to high level work health and safety practices.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

Essential

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience managing inventory levels and equipment maintenance in a health environment.
• Excellent communication and liaison skills
• Possesses knowledge, understanding and commitment to principles of risk management, patient and staff safety, customer service.
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Prior experience with biomedical equipment and technology would be highly desirable
• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, and all other related frameworks.

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.

Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

All employees are required to:

• adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct
• act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Be available for weekend and/or after-hours work.

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Development, implementations and maintenance of a strategic healthcare technology and facility plan.
2. Maintenance of a healthcare technology and asset register.
3. Advice on the development and maintenance of safe working environments for areas in which healthcare technology is used.
4. Perform administrative duties, including statistical data entry, ordering of stock items/assets and collection in collaboration with the nursing and allied health staff.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Occasionally
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Frequently
Graphical/analytical based	Frequently
Sitting at a desk	Frequently
Standing for long periods	Frequently

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Occasionally
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Never

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Never

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 - 9kg	Frequently
Lifting 10 - 15kg	Occasionally
Lifting 16kg+	Occasionally
Climbing	Occasionally
Running	Never
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Occasionally
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Occasionally
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Occasionally
Frequent travel – driving	Occasionally

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Occasionally
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Occasionally
Excessive noise	Never
Low lighting	Occasionally
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Occasionally
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Occasionally