Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora; North Shore; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand Waitematā (Te Whatu Ora) is seeking a Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician to join the Waitematā District Specimen Services. The part-time 0.8FTE role involves contributing to rapid specimen processing and data entry within a busy laboratory team.

The successful candidate should have data entry experience, knowledge of specimen tube types and strong written and spoken English, with shifts across North Shore and Waitakere Hospital laboratories.

Qualifications

• Data entry experience in a laboratory.
• Knowledge of sample collection tube types.
• Excellent written and verbal English skills.

Responsibilities

• Fully rostered shifts; Monday to Sunday including evening and midnight shifts.
• Work across North Shore Hospital and Waitakere Hospital Laboratory campuses.
• Cover weekdays, weekends and public holidays; operate in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Data entry

English (written and verbal)

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Follow procedures

Education

MS Council NZ registration (preferred)

Willing to work toward MLPAT

Tools

Delphic Explorer

Job description

Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora – North Shore, North Island

2mo ago , from Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

• Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician
• Role: Permanent part time 0.8FTE, 64 hours per fortnight
• Work rostered shifts across North Shore Hospital and Waitākere Hospital

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Waitematā District Specimen Services has a part time 0.8FTE (64 hours per fortnight) vacancy available for a hardworking and reliable person. You will be part of a friendly, dynamic and culturally diverse team working in a busy, fast-paced environment contributing to the delivery of Waitematā Districts promise of Best care for everyone. This position is a great opportunity for a person who either has registrationin (preferred) or is willing to work towards the Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician qualification (MLPAT) in Specimen Services.

The successful candidate must have demonstrated data entry experience in a laboratory, have knowledge of sample collection tube types,with excellent written & verbal English skills and comprehension.

You will be required to participate in:

• fully rostered shifts; Monday to Sunday including evening and midnight shifts.
• evening shifts: 1:30pm 10pm; 3:15pm 11:30pm
• midnight shifts: 11pm 7am
• day shifts: 6:30am 3pm, 7:30am 4pm, 8am 4:30pm, 9am - 1pm and 10am - 6.30pm
  and work weekdays, weekends and public holidays at both North Shore Hospital and Waitakere Hospital laboratory (predominantly 8 hour shifts with occasional 4-5 hour short shifts.

About Us

Health New Zealand Waitematā provides health services to approximately 650,000 residents of the North Shore, Waitakere, and Rodney areas. It has the largest population of any district health area.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Medical Sciences (MS) Council of New Zealand registration is preferred however candidates working towards registration and APC may be considered
• NZ residency or NZ citizenship (Preferred)
• NZ drivers licence
• Experience and skill in Specimen Services tasks (Preferred)
• Knowledge of the Delphic Explorer application is an advantage
• Ability to cover service delivery hours weekdays, weekends and public holidays
• Ability to work at North Shore and Waitakere Hospital Laboratory campus
• Additionally, youll be self-motivated, able to multitask and work with minimum supervision, have excellent data entry skill and accuracy, work calmly under pressure, listen and communicate effectively, deal with a wide range of people in a sensitive manner, and be able to follow procedures and instructions with a high level of attention to detail.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.