Technical Assistant

**Position Title: Technical Assistant**

**Employment Type: Part Time/ Full Time - Permanent (Multiple Positions)**

**Hours per week: 24 - 38hrs per week**

**Position Grade: Grade 2**

**Salary: $56,294.42 **(pro rata) base salary per annum**

**Enterprise Agreement**:
**_The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Health Employees Agreement 2019_**

**Department Name: Central Specimen Reception, SydPath**

**About us**:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance

**About the role**:
An opportunity has arisen in the Central Specimen Reception (CSR) Department for a full time permanent technical assistant in our friendly and dynamic team. The main duties involve the receipt and processing of pathology request forms and specimens, and general administrative duties in a very busy work environment. This is a shift work position, with occasional overnight shifts.

**Our Culture**:
**About you**:
With an emphasis on a team approach, this position is suitable for an enthusiastic and hardworking person who has a strong attention to detail.

The vacancy is open to Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens who hold a valid New Zealand passport, Australian permanent residents and those non-residents deemed by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to be eligible to work in Australia only.

**Application Instructions**:
**Selection Criteria**:
**1. **Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia

2. Demonstrated qualifications and/or experience in relevant area of pathology

3. Highly developed oral and written communication skills and effective interpersonal skills

4. Strong customer focus with excellent service skills and telephone etiquette

5. Accurate and timely data entry skills

6. Ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure

7. Ability to work unsupervised and to multi-task

8. Demonstrated attention to detail