Laboratory Assistant
Job reference: #17284
Brand: Western Diagnostic Pathology
Location: Units 1-4, 59 Winnellie Road, Winnellie NT821 (Darwin)
Work type: Full Time (Permanent) 38 hours per week
Schedule: Ability to participate in a 24/7 roster. Various shifts between Monday to Sunday and Public Holidays, as required.
About us
Western Diagnostic Pathology is a Healius business. Healius has an expansive network of over 100 medical laboratories and 2000 patient collection centres operating across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. We provide 1 in every 3 pathology services in Australia, extending from exclusively servicing some of Australia’s largest and most complex private and public hospitals, to small Indigenous Australian communities. This means that you will be working in a business large enough to offer you job stability & security, interstate mobility and the opportunity to fulfil your career ambitions.

VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

• Vaccine preventable disease evidence such as Hepatitis B is a requirement of this role
• Other vaccinations based on location may be required / setting
  Western Diagnostic Pathology is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Australian Immunisation Handbook lists the immunisations recommended for health care workers.

We are seeking an individual who is highly motivated to become part of a passionate and engaged team. Your key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Routine receipting and processing of specimens; including operation and maintenance of analysers
• Pre and post analytical specimen handling
• Identification and prioritisation of urgent specimens
• Filing and storage of specimens and data entry
• Assisting Scientists in the Lab as required
• Continuous learning of processing requirements of different types of samples for different tests
• Staying up to date with processing updates
• Respond to result, sample requirements and general queries
• Identifying and resolving problems on at the pre-analytic stage