Patient Care Assistant II (Operating Theatre) - Hong Kong Children's Hospital

Application Deadline : 1 June 2026

Date of Issue : 19 May 2026

Vacancy Notification Circular No. HKCH2605005

Key Responsibilities:

1. Prepare, issue and handle surgical instruments, endoscopes, equipments, furnitures and related items for operating procedures.

2. Assist in admitting patient and providing general patient care.

3. Assist nurse and doctor to prepare and after care of patient for clinical procedures: such as positioning and transportation.

4. Assist in patient monitoring and caring before, during and after operating procedures.

5. Check patient’s condition including measuring blood pressure, height and weight, urine test, etc.

6. Handle and dispatch sterile instruments, endoscopes, equipments and consumables.

7. Handle, prepare and aftercare of endoscopes for surgical procedures according to work instruction.

8. Use of Surgical Instrument Tracing System (SITS) for instrument and endoscope management including issue operation picking list and stock checking on its expiry date and condition.

9. Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the Operating Theatre(OT) environment and equipment independently.

10. Prepare patient education pamphlets and assist nurse to provide simple instruction to patient.

11. Conduct routine check of equipment as instructed.

12. Regular stock check of inventory and consumables.

13. Ordering of consumables items and store keeping.

14. Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor as required.

Entry Requirements:

1. (a) Completed F.5 / S.5 or equivalent; OR

(b) Completed F.3 / S.3 or equivalent with relevant working experience. (see Remark 4)

2. Holding certificate of the Health Care Assistant Training Course / Care-related Support Worker Training Course accredited by Hospital Authority. (see Remark 3)

3. Completed a recognized in-service training. (see Remark 2)

Preferable Attributes /Exposure:

1. Working experiences in the Operating Theatre.

2. Experience in using Surgical Instrument Tracing System (SITS) for surgical instrument tracking.

3. With knowledge of basic Microsoft Office program operation (e.g. Word, Excel) and Chinese word processing.

4. Good command of English and Chinese, written and spoken.

 Remarks:

1. Please refer to https://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/hrd_jv/NotestoApplicants.pdf for Notes to Applicants.

2. Applicants who do not meet entry requirement (3), if found suitable, will be employed to undergo at least 6 months’ on the job training including the structured departmental training. Employment may be terminated if the selected applicant cannot pass the assessment after training.

3. Please refer to the following link to review the recognized patient care training course organize by External Training Organizers:

http://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/hrd_jv/HA_Accredited_HCA_CRSW_Training-Ref_List_chi.pdf 

4. For serving HA staff who have completed the JUMP program organized by Hospital Authority are considered to have attained F.3/S.3 level and eligible to apply for this post.

Please submit online application on or before 1 June 2026. For enquiries, please telephone 3513 3304.