Laboratory Assistant

at  Queensland Health

Support the provision of drug testing services by Forensic Toxicology, within Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services by:

• Accurately inputting specimens’ details into the Laboratory Information System and assigning and maintaining electronic storage locations for those specimens.
• Managing the flow of samples into the laboratory, including their receival, storage, disposal and transfer.
• Carrying out general tasks to ensure the efficient running of the laboratory.

Key competencies (role specific criteria)

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

• Demonstrated ability to accurately and efficiently transcribe and record information, within a high throughput environment, into a laboratory information management system. Demonstrated expertise and experience in the use of Auslab would be an advantage.
• Demonstrated organisational skills around tasks such as handling, storage and maintaining continuity of biological samples as well as the maintenance of specimen storage areas.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively and productively in a multi-skilled laboratory team.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out basic laboratory tasks such as chemical reagent preparation, calibration of laboratory equipment and related tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to comply with the laboratory’s policies and practices, including Workplace Health and Safety and continuous quality improvement requirements.

Qualifications, registrations and other requirements

• The successful applicant will be expected to work with biological specimens such as, but not limited to blood, urine and oral fluid.
• A criminal history check will be conducted on the recommended person for this job.
• 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.

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.
• 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