**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time up to 14 December 2025, with potential availability of ongoing employment
**Position Classification**: Technical Officer Grade 1/2
**Remuneration**: $65,956.84 - $94,999.44 per annum plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ543807
**Location**: John Hunter Hospital
**Applications Close**: 13 January 2025 - 11:59pm
**About the opportunity**
NSW Health Pathology is currently seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician to join our Cytology team at John Hunter Hospital.
Nestled on the beautiful, sun-drenched eastern coastline of New South Wales, just over two hours north of Sydney, Newcastle is a vibrant city bursting with things to do.
Spectacular beaches and coastal scenery, with ocean baths and some of the country's best surfing spots, are only just the start.
Why not make the change and secure a Temporary Full Technical Officer position within Newcastle's principal referral centre and a tertiary hospital.
**What we can offer you**
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave
- 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**
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the delivery of pathology services within a discipline relevant to the department, including use of Laboratory Information Systems, Patient Systems and Quality Systems
- Ability to work in a responsible and efficient manner and to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment whilst working autonomously to deliver results within specified timeframes set to meet client expectations
- Customer focused approach displaying well-developed interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with customers and patients as well as clinical laboratory staff
- 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?**
**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 PD2024_015 Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified 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.
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**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.