Pittwater Life September 2018 Issue

Construction of a new support services
building at Mona Vale Hospital accommodating
kitchens, laundry, cleaning, waste,
and staff facilities commenced late August.
The State Government has also announced
work will start on relocating the
hospital’s helipad to make way for the
new palliative care and geriatric unit. The
emergency building will be refurbished to
provide a 24/7 Urgent Care Centre. – LO
Locals’ jobs outlook healthy
Qualified locals are
being encouraged
to apply for jobs at the
new Northern Beaches
Hospital.
Up to 800 staff from
Mona Vale and Manly hospitals
have received offers
to move across to the new
hospital in Frenchs Forest
however there are still
hundreds of positions
that need to be filled
by the time the facility
opens on October 30.
Operated by Healthscope,
the nine-storey,
488-bed hospital will care
for public and private
patients housing 14 operating
theatres, a 50-space
emergency department
(with a GP medical centre
on site), critical care services
including intensive
care; digital imaging and
diagnostic facilities and
maternity, paediatrics,
renal, cancer care and
mental health services to
name a few.
The focus has been
on advertising jobs locally,
explained Northern
Beaches Hospital Human
Resources manager Caroline
Page.
“As we move from a
state-of-the-art but empty
building to one filled
with remarkable people
our message is simple –
it’s people who make a
hospital,” she said.
“One of the many
advantages of recruiting
locally is that staff are
invested in the success of
the hospital.”
The current recruitment
focus is finding
staff to work in the
operating theatres headed
by Interventional Suite
Manager Vanessa Burke,
a long-time Northern
Beaches resident.
“We are recruiting theatre
managers, nurses and
support staff, anaesthetic
nurses, recovery nurses
and scrub scouts, theatre
orderlies, theatre cleaners
and sterilising technicians,”
Ms Page said.
Full time, part time and
casual positions are available
across all areas.
Eventually there would
be more than 1,300
staff working at the new
hospital, making it one
of the peninsula’s biggest
employers.
“This is incredible job
creation with career development
opportunities
that would otherwise not
exist,” Ms Page said.
To learn more or apply
for positions go to northernbeacheshospital.com.
au/careers.
*Want to get a look at the
new Northern Beaches
Hospital before it starts
filling with patients next
month? Register your
interest for a guided tour
on Saturday 29 September.
Email enquiries@
northernbeacheshospital.
com.au – but you need to
get your details in quick,
as tours fill up fast.
– Lisa Offord
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