Pathology Services Assistant

**Are you an enthusiastic individual interested in providing high-quality pathology service?**:

- **Part-time Pathology Services Assistant with full training provided - be part of a stable, growing industry**:

- **Receive an attractive hourly rate, strong job security and a great range of additional benefits**
- Please note that this is NOT a Courier Driver position._

**About the Organisation**:
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology is one of the largest pathology practices in Australia, providing comprehensive services to patients and doctors over a geographic area throughout Queensland and New South Wales and employing more than 3000 people.

With many employees enjoying a 20+ tenure, we deliver on the promise of learning, development, and career progression.

Fostering a true culture of support, we maintain an open-door policy, with each of our team members playing a role in patient care driven to ensure a top-quality service is provided.

**About Your Next Opportunity**:

- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology _is now looking for a **part-time** (2 days per week) **Pathology Services Assistant **to join their **Specimen Reception Area Hub at the Ipswich Laboratory.** Shifts are Monday and Friday 10:30 - 18:30 or 11:00 - 19:00. Inclusion in a Saturday shift rotation is required. It is required that you will have the flexibility to occasionally work in a roster outside of these hours to cover leave.

Responsibilities of the position include:

- Specimen reception, test coding, data entry and distribution of specimens to the laboratories
- Packing specimens for transport
- Responding to phone enquiries, providing results and transferring calls
- Assisting with local stores and packing doctors and clinic provisions for delivery by local courier

**About You**:
Suitable applicants should be enthusiastic, possess good communication and organisational skills and have the ability to work as part of a busy and multi-tasked team.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Proven keyboard skills
- Proven ability to work as part of a professional team in a fast-paced environment
- Proven commitment to the provision of quality customer services

The successful applicant must have an understanding of or the ability to learn medical and pathology terminology, accuracy of processing, and excellent attention to detail.

Previous experience in a laboratory setting is desirable.

**_ Please Note:_**_ A current driver's license is also required._

**About the Benefits - Perks of the Job**:
You will be part of a welcoming team of dedicated health professionals with a focus on patient care. You will develop your skills through ongoing training, providing an avenue for career development and advancement. Moreover, we offer you the opportunity to be a part of a highly stable industry with significant ongoing growth.

This role comes with an attractive hourly rate and fantastic benefits, including:

- **Fitness Passport **- Access to discounted gym memberships at any gym of your choosing.
- **Parental and Adoption Leave** - Receive twelve weeks of paid parental and adoption leave
- **Staff Services Committee** - Provides functions and events for our team, fully funded by the Practice.
- **Employee Assistance Program** - A free, confidential, and voluntary counselling service provided as a resource to all our people, as well as immediate family
- **Private Health Insurance **- Discounted private health insurance through BUPA, HCF and Medibank Private.
- **Pathology Services** - You and your immediate family (children, partners, and parents) have access to bulk-billed Pathology Services.
- **X-Ray Services** - You will have access to bulk-billed X-rays and other diagnostic imaging through Queensland X-Ray.
- **Smoke-Free Environment Policy** - All of our premises are smoke-free. For those wanting to use nicotine replacement therapy in quitting, we provide financial assistance towards the cost of nicotine replacement patches.

This is your chance to join a leading pathology company and enjoy outstanding benefits