Utility Worker - Halifax, Canada - Nova Scotia Health Authority

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Verified Company

Halifax, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Req ID:156347**
Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location:
Central
Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
Department:OPCZ PERI Medical Device Reprocess HI**
Type of Employment:Permanent
Hourly FT
(100%
FTE) x 1
position(s)
**Status: NSGEU
Support

Position
Posting Closing Date:23-Aug-23Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

About the Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager and Supervisor of the Sterile Processing Department, the Utility Worker supports the efficient operation of the department.

Duties include pick-ups of soiled items from patient care areas, deliveries of clean items to patient care areas, unloading washers, drying patient care items and distributing decontaminated OR instrumentation within the department, documentation of work, and interacting with patient care areas.

About You:

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

Grade XII with excellent reading and writing skills
Effective communication skills
Ability to work independently
Ability to work in a fastpaced, physically demanding atmosphere
Recent experience handling blood and body fluids and knowledge of routine practices
Previous experience and theoretical knowledge of proper method of working in an area of decontamination and sterilization of patient care items
WHIMS Certification
Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Physical Demands: Repetitive bending, repetitive lifting and carrying up to a maximum of 30 pounds, repetitive pushing and pulling carts up to a maximum of 300 pounds. Constant standing and walking. Exposure to chemicals, blood and body fluids and extreme heat and humidity.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours:

Permanent Full-Time; 75 hours biweekly
Travel to various sites may be required
A skill test will be included as part of the selection process

Compensation and Incentives:

$ $21.58 Hourly

Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile.

Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

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