Medical Laboratory Assistant

**Employment Type**: Various
**Position Classification**: Technical Assistant Grade 2
**Remuneration**: $30.16 - $31.31 per hour plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ524859
**Location**: Sutherland Hospital
**Application Close**: 20 October 2024 - 11:59pm

**About the Opportunity**
Join the dedicated team at Sutherland Hospital, a district general hospital within the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, located in Caringbah. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to perform a range of laboratory support and specimen reception services. In this role, you'll assist laboratory staff under supervision, contributing to a patient-focused service. Responsibilities include general laboratory activities such as stock control, equipment maintenance, and administrative tasks, as well as ensuring accurate specimen identification, data entry, and distribution. Help us deliver a high-quality pathology service committed to patient care and safety.
**What we can offer you**
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave (FT employees only)
- 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**

Perform a range of laboratory support and/or specimen reception services and/or collection services, and provide assistance to laboratory staff, under supervision, to deliver a patient focused service.
- A working knowledge of, or demonstrated ability to learn, all aspects of the laboratory environment relevant to the Department
- Demonstrated ability to maintain high quality work output while managing competing priorities
- Demonstrated customer service experience and skills, preferably in a laboratory environment, including the ability to communicate effectively with customers, patients and clinical staff
- Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills combined with the ability to investigate and resolve general issues within the laboratory environment
- Excellent data entry skills including high attention to detail and data accuracy
- Awareness of legislation, policies and requirements relevant to a laboratory setting

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This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand _NSW Health_ _Policy Directive _PD2023_022_ Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious 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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