Mdt Pathology Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 59337

About Monash Health

**About the Role**

The main objective of the Pathology
- MDT Admin officer is to facilitate a clinically-appropriate and timely pathway for cancer patients.

The post-holder is responsible for the retrieving histopathology reports and slides for multidisciplinary team meetings for a particular cancer specialty. Coordinating receipt, registration, tracking and return of external slides for clinical meetings. Returning pathology blocks and slides to file upon completion of testing and review.

This post will play a key role in the MDT group and will be integral to our aim to provide the best care to our patients.

Position requirements:
Technical skills/ knowledge / experience
- Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal skills involving good use of English
- Proven excellent customer service skills
- Excellent telephone skills
- Demonstrated experience with data entry associated with high level computer keyboard skills
- Time management including capacity to prioritise effectively to meet the requirements of the position
- Proven ability to accept change with a commitment to high quality outcomes
- Excellent attention to detail
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- iPM
- Medical Terminology
- Pathology LIS

Other Position requirements:

- As we support a culture of safety and quality through employee immunisation, there must be documentation provided confirming completed immunisation on employment at Monash Health
- Current and satisfactory Police Check (must also comply with Aged Care Act 1997 Accountability Amendment Principles 2012 if working in Aged Care setting)
- Current and satisfactory Working With Children Check as per Monash Health ‘Child Safe Policy’ and the Working With Children Act 2005
- Participate in annual performance development discussions with your manager and complete all mandatory and role specific competencies
- Successful applicants new to Monash Health will be required to enter into an Employment Agreement prior to commencement

**Monash Health will offer**:

- salary packaging
- friendly and supportive culture
- opportunity to experience various teams
- on-going supervision and professional development

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.