Neurophysiology Technician - Newcastle, Australia - NSW Government -Hunter New England Local Health District

NSW Government -Hunter New England Local Health District

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Newcastle, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Employment Type:
Temporary Part Time until November 2024

Position Classification:
Neurophysiological Tech

Remuneration:
$ $33.89 per hour + 11% superannuation

Hours Per Week: 8

Requisition ID:
REQ440246

Applications Close:
Monday 4th December 2023

Neurophysiology Technician

About the role:

John Hunter Hospital Neurophysiology Technicians undertake Electroencephalography (EEG) for patients between 0-100 years old, perform nerve conduction studies, evoked potentials, vestibular function testing and support a busy botulinum toxin clinic.

We work closely with adult and paediatric neurologists from John Hunter Hospital and John Hunter Children's Hospital.

Where you will be working:

This role is embedded within the neurology department at John Hunter Hospital, a busy teaching hospital servicing inpatients and outpatients for a large geographical region.

We are the only public neurology service within HNE, and from Newcastle to the Queensland border.

Our neurophysiology service currently employs 3 technicians working across adult and paediatric services, and we are looking to build our ambulatory EEG and vestibular testing services, in particular.

Benefits:

4 weeks annual leave (prorata for part time employees)
Superannuation contributions 11%

Salary packaging

Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
Fitness Passport
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of nonclinical and clinical professionals.

About you:

Additional Information:

Bachelor of Medical Science or other qualification and/or other experience deemed equivalent.
Experience performing neurophysiological testing, including EEG, in the paediatric setting, including infants Demonstrated experience of working in a public teaching hospital Neurophysiology department as an independent Neurophysiology technician.
Demonstrated proficiency in performing Neurophysiological tests including EEG and nerve conduction studies.
Current NSW Driver's License.
An eligibility list will be created for future temporary part time vacancies.

Need more information?

Applications Close:
Monday 4th December 2023

Information for Applicants:

This is a Category A position.

Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with
NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022:
Occupational
Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. **All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS.

Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.

_HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of __benefits _**_such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses._