Mortuary Technician Anatomical Pathology

at  Queensland Health

You will ensure autopsies and other related duties are performed in an efficient, timely, safe, and ethical fashion giving support to a comprehensive tissue pathology service to the Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital as well as other community health facilities within the Gold Coast Health District.
Key competencies (role specific criteria)

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

• Demonstrated dissection and/or pathology/laboratory experience with proven ability to follow both written and oral instruction.
• Demonstrated reliability, resilience, integrity and professional attitude necessary for a medico-legal and potentially physical and psychological hazardous workplace.
• Demonstrated high level computer and information technology skills with the ability to learn and use AUSLAB, QIS2 and Outlook or equivalent computer applications within a mortuary environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation and guidelines and their application to a mortuary undertaking autopsies and tissue donation.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to work in a team and contribute positively to team outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively maintain a safe, secure, and clean mortuary environment and an understanding of and willingness to contribute to the relevant systems, processes and procedures.
• Ability to actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resource management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety and ethical behaviour.

Qualifications, registrations and other requirements

• There are no mandatory qualifications for this role however relevant experience or qualification in mortuary techniques would be highly regarded.
• The successful candidate will be able to time manage and prioritse while working accurately in a fast paced work environment.
• Candidates must be able to participate in a roster system, including overtime as required. Current

Mortuary hours fall between 0700-1600 Monday to Friday and rostered emergency call duties.

• Please detail any visa conditions you may have if you are not a permanent resident of Australia.
• Pre-employment screening, including criminal history and discipline history checks, may be undertaken on persons recommended for employment.

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 detail any visa conditions you may have if you are not a permanent resident of Australia.
• Pre-employment screening, including criminal history and discipline history checks, may be undertaken on persons recommended for employment