Laboratory Assistant

**Are you a people-focused individual interested in providing high-quality care and customer service?**:

- **Full or part-time opportunity 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 and 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 has an exciting opportunity for a **Laboratory Assistant** to work from their **Wesley Private Hospital** laboratory in Brisbane on a part-time or full-time basis.

The work will involve **sample sorting and processing in the pre-analytical area of the laboratory.**

Some of the more specific responsibilities of the position will include:

- Specimen reception and data entry
- Preparing samples for analysis
- Assisting the scientific staff with automated instruments
- General laboratory duties as required
- Assisting with phone enquiries.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role, you'll have excellent communication and organisational skills as well as high attention to detail to enable maximum accuracy of processing. A strong commitment to laboratory turnaround times is essential, with previous relevant laboratory experience highly regarded.

This is a perfect role for an enthusiastic individual who has a flexible approach to their work, as you will be required to work rostered shifts.

The rotating roster involves shifts from Monday to Friday between the hours of 0500 - 2100, along with some weekend shifts and public holidays when fully trained. You will also require good keyboard skills and the ability to work as a team member in this busy department.

**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 their 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-Ray 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