Medical Laboratory Assistant

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time

**Position Classification**: Technical Assistant Grade 2
**Remuneration**: $61,889.52 - $64,260.00 per annum plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ541655
**Location**: Cooma District Hospital
**Applications Close**: 19 January 2025 - 11:59pm

**About the opportunity**

Interested in being part of a community focused, dedicated team of Pathology Collectors? This position is for you NSW Health Pathology are currently seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join the team at Cooma on a fulltime basis. NSW Health Pathology is committed to ongoing professional development.

Cooma Laboratory is a small, but busy laboratory located in the Monaro, in Southern NSW. The Monaro is set amongst rolling plains, legendary rivers and snow-capped peaks, Cooma is the largest town in the Monaro-Snowy Mountains Region. Cooma is also home to the Snowy Mountains Scheme headquarters; this scheme dramatically changed the character of Cooma. Cooma is within 90 minutes’ drive to Canberra to the north, the Snow fields to the West and South Coast to the east. Our Pathology collections are located within the Cooma Hospital, which provides both inpatient and outpatient services to the local community and surrounding areas of the beautiful Snowy Mountains.

The NSWHP Cooma team takes pride in their professionalism and focus on high quality service delivery, as well as being a harmonious environment that is connected to community and its stakeholders.

**What we can offer you**
- This position is eligible for a Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme allowance of up to $5,000 plus super per annum in addition to award entitlements
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave
- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
- 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**

Contributing to a customer-focused pathology collection service across inpatient, and outpatient care settings. Providing high-quality healthcare service to all referrers and consumers. Performing venepuncture and other duties pertaining to specimen collection, data entry, processing, and delivery into sites for pathology investigations as required.
- 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?**

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases**

This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy Directive PD2024_015 Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Diseases. All recruits must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. All recruits must provide evidence against specified diseases and comply with the requirements of this policy at their own cost prior to appointment.

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**Working Rights**

This position is a permanent position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.

**Talent Pool**

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age,