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Job Description:

• Excellent benefits including competitive salary packaging
• Fitzroy location
• Multiple opportunities available, including a Casual role and a Permanent, Part Time role up to 24 hours per week

About the Role
The Laboratory Assistant/ Data Entry Clerk is required to perform the pre-processing of samples received at the reception area of Pathology. This includes identification, numbering and distribution of samples and may include computer entry, weighing, centrifugation or aliquotting.

Duties include the following:

• Perform basic laboratory tests and instrument maintenance consistent with your experience
• Specialised cleaning of equipment
• Receipt and storage of laboratory consumables
• Accurate entry of patient details, clinical notes, requested tests, billing information and process request forms
• Clerical duties such as filing, photocopying and faxing
• Respond to telephone enquiries for information or results

Classifications for this position will range from $54,839 per annum pro-rata.

Your Contribution

The preferred candidate will hold the following skills and attributes:

• Basic laboratory skills such as centrifugation and aliquotting, as well as an understanding of simple laboratory tests
• Experience responding to enquiries for information on laboratory procedures or patient results, with the ability to accurately process patient request samples and forms
• Ability to identify and prioritise patient requests according to level of urgency
• Willingness to work as part of a team of laboratory personnel, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrable organisational skills
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain/ Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
Culture of continuous improvement
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About Pathology
St Vincent’s Pathology is a private practice offering diagnostic testing to both inpatients of St Vincents Private Hospitals located in Fitzroy, East Melbourne and Kew, St Vincents Public Hospital Fitzroy as well as servicing privately referred patients in up to 80 Pathology Collection centres located across

Metropolitan Melbourne. St Vincent’s Pathology is a member of a multidisciplinary health care team which delivers care in a patient-focused manner.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Closing Date:

15 October 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au