Pathology Collector

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 44,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport access

Discounts via Foundation

Career development opportunities

Culture of continuous improvement

Job summary

St Vincent's Pathology is seeking a part-time Pathology Collection Technician to collect, label and transport specimens while delivering patient-friendly service. You will interact with requesting doctors, ensure accurate identification, and explain procedures.

Weekend and weekday shifts are available to fit your schedule. Applicants should hold a Certificate 3 or 4 in Pathology Collection, with preferred experience in pathology collection and a strong focus on customer service.

Qualifications

• Certificate 3 or 4 in Pathology Collection.
• Experience in a Pathology collection service is highly desirable.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collect and label pathology specimens.
• Provide a high quality pathology service to doctors and patients.
• Greet and interview patients for identification.
• Explain procedures and provide written instructions.
• Courier specimens/reports if required.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Education

Certificate 3/4 Pathology Collection

Job description

Job Description

• Part Time positions (Grade 2) available
• Excellent benefits, including Salary Packaging

About the Role

You will be accountable for:

• Correctly collecting, caring, storing, packaging and labelling pathology specimens
• Providing a high quality pathology service to requesting doctors and patients
• Greeting patients in a friendly and courteous manner and interviewing patients to ascertain key information for identification purposes
• Referring Doctor/s information
• Collection of category and billing information
• Explaining procedures to patient and providing written instructions as appropriate
• Collecting the required specimen(s), place in suitably labelled containers, fix laboratory number stickers, store and transport appropriately
• Couriering specimens / reports from the collection location to the required destination if required

Salary Range

Collector Grade 2 IN24 - $31.65
Collector Mobile IN25 - $36.46

Your Contribution

• Certificate 3 or 4 in Pathology Collection
• Experience in a Pathology collection service is highly desirable, preferably previous experience in the points listed above.
• Highly developed customer service and communication skills (both verbal and written)

What we Offer

• Flexibility - there are shifts available 7 days per week, AM and PM and all over Melbourne. Pick shifts close to your house and on the days you are free to work!
• A great work/life balance
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• Culture of continuous improvement

About Pathology

St Vincent’s Pathology is a private practice offering diagnostic testing to both inpatients of St Vincent’s Private Hospitals located in Fitzroy, East Melbourne and Kew, St Vincent’s Public Hospital Fitzroy as well as servicing privately referred patients in up to 80 Pathology Collection centres located across Metropolitan Melbourne.

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

Closing Date

10 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.