• Job Description

  Req#: 244438
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
  Position Classification: Registered Nurse
  Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour plus superannuation
  Hours Per Week: 29
  Requisition ID: REQ474262
  Location: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & Balmain Hospital
  Applications Close: 24 March 2024 - 11:59pm
  
  
  About the opportunity
  
  The Blood Collection Service is responsible for providing collection services across numerous sites within the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD). The RPA Collections Registered Nurse is part of a large and diverse team of pathology collectors and administration staff (classified as Registered Nurses, Technical Assistants, Administration Officers), and will work with Pathology staff and the LHD to provide a high level service. The role encompasses problem solving, decision making, communicating, coaching and counselling skills in the coordination of staff and service provision, to provide an exemplary Pathology Collection Service. Contribute to a customer-focused pathology collection service for inpatients and outpatients.
  Perform venepuncture on inpatients and outpatients as required within a team & Support and participate in the provision of safe, effective, customer-focused pathology service provision
  
  
  What we can offer you
  • Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
  • Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
  • Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning
  
  
  What you'll be doing
  • Contribute to a customer-focused pathology collection service for inpatients and outpatients
  • Perform venepuncture on inpatients and outpatients as required
  • Perform venesection on inpatients and outpatients as required
    
    
  Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:
  1. Registered Nurse with current registration through the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia approved qualification
  2. Customer focused approach displaying well-developed interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with customers, patients and clinical staff
  3. Previous venepuncture experience familiar with pathology terminology and requirements and the willingness to learn paediatric and neonate blood collection
  4. Display initiative, problem solving and analytical skills including an ability to apply established principles in a pathology setting and investigate and resolve general and complex issues within the work environment
  5. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the delivery of pathology services, including the use of Patient, Rostering and Quality systems, with an understanding of policies and requirements relevant to a clinical setting
  6. Commitment to the principles of quality management and continuous quality improvement and to identify, develop and implement quality and service improvement activities
  
  
  Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
  For role related queries or questions contact Jenny Lee on Zoo.Lee@health.nsw.gov.au
  
  
  
  Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases
  
  This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy Directive PD2023_022 Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases . All recruits must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. All recruits must provide evidence against specified diseases and comply with the requirements of this policy at their own cost prior to appointment.
  
  All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
  
  Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
  
  
  New to NSW Health Pathology?
  
  The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.
  
  
  Working Rights
  
  This position is a permanent position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.
  
  
  Talent Pool
  
  If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time, temporary and casual vacancies.
  
  
  Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  
  NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government.

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