Clinical Assistant

at  Queensland Health

The successful candidate will be responsible for recording specimen arrival at the laboratory and, sample identification, coding, and registration.
Key competencies (role specific criteria)

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse role. Duties include data entry, specimen handling, processing, and non-technical laboratory duties.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a responsible and efficient manner and without supervision. Ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, patients and with members of staff.
• Demonstrated ability or ability to quickly learn to utilise Laboratory Information Systems and ieMR
• Demonstrate above average attendance and punctuality
• A demonstrated commitment to the principles of quality management and continuous quality improvement.
• Knowledge of, or ability to acquire knowledge of, procedures policies and regulations which impact on the position, the Department of Health Code of Conduct, and a knowledge of contemporary human resource management issues such as workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination.

Qualifications, registrations, and other requirements

• Please detail any visa conditions you may have if you are not a permanent resident of Australia.
• We understand that some people may require adjustments to the workplace or the way the work is performed. All applicants are encouraged to advise the panel of any support or reasonable adjustments (i.e. building access, wheelchair access, interpreting services etc.) that may be required.
• It may be a requirement to work at Robina Campus periodically with discussion via the Hiring manager.
• While not mandatory, a Certificate III or IV in Pathology Assistance or the equivalent would be an advantage
• It is mandatory for the successful applicant to participate in Day & Overnight Shifts as well as weekend & Public Holiday rostering

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements

• It will be a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against one or more of the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment: Hepatitis A & B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella and Varicella.
• Additional vaccinations including Japanese Encephalitis and Rabies may also be required for this position.
• Existing staff that are engaged prior to 1 July 2016 are not subject to this condition of employment unless they apply for a role with VPD requirements that is with a different Queensland Health entity (i.e. one HHS to another HHS, department to a HHS, or HHS to department).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

Please refer the Job description for details