Medical Laboratory Technician

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Casual

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Medicine, nursing and midwifery

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:13625
- Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
- Friendly and dynamic team
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging

**About the Role**
- This is a casual role within the Speciman Reception Department at the Royal Children's Hospital.
- You will be responsible for the receipting, data entry and processing of specimens for Pathology Laboratory testing. You will also perform general laboratory duties, equipment maintenance and administrative tasks as directed or required by senior staff.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Perform Specimen Reception duties at the Royal Children’s Hospital laboratory and Royal Women’s Hospital laboratory as required by the rotational roster.
- Operation, maintenance, and report of malfunction of automated equipment/instrumentation under the supervision of scientific staff.
- Perform data entry and registration of patient details on the Laboratory Information System (LIS) to a high level of efficiency and accuracy.
- Attend, participate in and successfully complete training provided by the hospital, as directed by senior staff.
- Ensure all tasks are completed in accordance with Departmental and Organisational policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures, assisting in the effective and efficient operation of the Specimen Reception.

Classification for this position will range from BU1-BU8 (base salary $29.38 - $37.88 Per hour + casual loading + superannuation)

**Your skills and experience**:

- Certificate or Associate Diploma of Applied Science (Medical Laboratory), a Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Laboratory Technology or Laboratory Operations or equivalent.
- Previous experience performing specimen processing in a diagnostic laboratory is desirable.
- Previous experience performing data entry in a diagnostic laboratory is desirable.

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

**About Laboratory Services Specimen Reception Department**
- The Specimen Reception Department, within the department of Laboratory Services, provides preanalytical and data entry services to both the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Parkville location and close to public transport

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Please note: Victorian Department of Health has endorsed the initiative to restructure existing public pathology by bringing together laboratories into pathology networks operating under a lead health service.
- Pathology services from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the Royal Women’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital will transition to a single pathology service. This creates an exciting opportunity to strengthen the scope, scale and reach of pathology services across the Parkville precinct to benefit all Victorians.
- This role will be part of the new centre of excellence that will be led by Melbourne Health.

**Application process**
- To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
- Victorian Department of Health has endorsed the initiative to restructure existing public pathology by bringing together laboratories into pathology networks operating under a lead health service.
- Pathology services from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the Royal Women’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital will transition to a single pathology service. This creates an exciting opportunity to strengthen the scope, scale and reach of pathology services across the Parkville precinct to benefit all Victorians.
- This role will be part of the new centre of excellence that will be led by Melbourne Health.

**Why work at the RCH?**
- RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
- We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
- It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted b