Nursing Assistant - Darwin Donor Centre

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood; City of Darwin; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health services organization in Darwin seeks a Nursing Assistant for a part-time opportunity. You will support donors through the donation process, requiring excellent customer-facing skills and a passion for service. Full training is provided, and applicants need to be comfortable with blood and biological materials. Competitive salary and benefits, including generous leave and salary packaging, are offered.

Benefits

Minimum 5 weeks annual leave

Access to salary packaging for living expenses

14 weeks paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Genuine passion to deliver exceptional service to donors.
• Ability to frequently stand, walk, and bend.
• Curiosity and motivation to learn blood collection processes.

Responsibilities

• Greet and interview potential donors to assess eligibility.
• Create a donor experience that encourages repeat donations.
• Monitor donors post-donation and assist with rebooking.

Skills

Customer-facing skills

Comfortable with needles and blood/biological materials

Flexible to work varied shifts

Job description

Overview

• Permanent Part-Time opportunity - 60.00 hours per fortnight
• Varied shifts across a rotating roster - Monday to Saturday
• Located at Darwin Donor Centre, Northern Territory
• Salary starting from $32.31 per hour + Penalties (if applicable) + Super + Salary Packaging and more

Discover life-giving possibilities

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple: life giving donations, for life changing outcomes. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

About The Role

Step into a rewarding role as a Nursing Assistant where you will bring excellent customer-facing skills and a genuine passion to deliver an exceptional service to our donors. You will play a key role in supporting our donors through their donation process. Full training is provided so, along with the above, all you need is the curiosity and motivation to learn the process of collecting blood and biological product.

A day in the centre could see you:

• Greet and interview potential donors to assess their eligibility and suitability to donate
• Create a donor experience they’ll love and want to come back
• Complete routine blood pressure and haemoglobin tests
• Set up machines and collections equipment
• Insert and remove needles safely to collect whole blood and plasma
• Monitor donors post-donation and assist them with rebooking their next donation
• Work collaboratively to achieve collection targets

No prior experience in blood collection is needed, our paid and flexible self-paced training program has a balance between on-the-job practice, and online class schedules to ensure that you are well supported.

Besides having a real passion to deliver an exceptional donor experience, you’ll need to be able to:

• Be comfortable with needles and blood/biological materials
• Occasionally lift between 9-22.7kgs
• Support and foster a fantastic team culture
• Frequently stand, walk and bend to set up and pack down machines and blood products
• Be flexible to work varied shifts on a fortnightly rotating roster from Monday to Saturday, including weekends and afternoon shifts

Benefits And Wellbeing

We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one of Australia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.

In Addition To Being a Part Of An Organisation That Is The Heartbeat Of The Nation, You Will Have Access To The Following

• Minimum 5 weeks annual leave (up to 6 weeks)
• Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
• 14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
• Our dedicated employee assistance program - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
• Plus, many more!

Is Lifeblood your reason?

Apply NOW!

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