Medical Laboratory Assistant
Remuneration: $30.16 - $31.31 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ536172
Location: Narrabri District Hospital, Moree District Hospital, Wee Waa Hospital
Applications Close: 1 December 2024 - 11:59pm
About the opportunity
NSW Health Pathology is looking to expand its team of Blood Collectors (Technical Assistants) at its Moree, Wee Waa, and Narrabri Pathology Laboratories. The successful applicant will be joining a small laboratory providing laboratory and clinical support to the Hospitals and communities of its respective communities. This is a unique opportunity to learn a new skill or continue practicing the important medical skill of blood collection and laboratory support previous experience is not a pre-requisite for the this position as we are prepared to train the successful applicants.
You will be working at our Moree, Narrabri or Wee Waa collection services. You may be required to assist at other locations, but primarily, you will be based at the sites mentioned above. You will required to collect at our outpatient collection services as well as in patient collections as rostered. We will provide all training as necessary. Successful applicants would also be expected to carryout Data entry duties and specimen reception and sample packing duties as rostered on a day to day basis.
What we can offer you
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave (Full Time positions only)
- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits (Full Time and Part Time positions only)
- Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
- Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning
What you'll be doing
Contribute to a customer-focused pathology collection service across inpatient, outpatient and home care settings. Provide a high-quality healthcare service to all referrers and consumers. Perform venepuncture and other duties pertaining to specimen collection, data entry, processing, and delivery into sites for pathology investigations as required.
Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:
- Certificate III in Pathology Collections and/or previous experience in venepuncture or a demonstrated ability to learn all aspects of the clinical environment relevant to the Department.
- Demonstrated customer service experience and skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers, and clinical staff in an environment transferrable to this role.
- Demonstrated problem solving and trouble shooting skills, with the ability to resolve general issues within the clinical environment including specimen preparation and transport ensuring viability of the specimens.
- Familiarity with pathology terminology and requirements and the willingness to learn a broad scope of collection, data entry and specimen preparation practices including paediatric and neonate blood collections.
- Unencumbered Class C Driver's License (valid in NSW) or the capacity to travel to any site for a shift as required.
- Must be willing to participate in shift type work including weekend work as required and travel to any site or location within the operational area as requested.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a demanding professional team environment where there are competing priorities and strict deadlines.
- Proficient computer skills including high attention to detail and data accuracy.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
3) For role related queries or questions contact Neil Horton on Neil.Horton@health.nsw.gov.au
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases
If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future permanent full time / part time, temporary and casual vacancies.
